STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3026

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2604

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2604, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the term of a commercial driver's license from six years to eight years for persons between twenty-one and seventy-one years of age.

     The measure also appropriates $8,000 out of the state highway fund to implement the extension.

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and the Department of Customer Services, City and County of Honolulu.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that this measure prepares the State for the federal Real ID Act, a nationwide effort to improve the integrity and security of state-issued driver licenses and identification cards.  This Measure will also provide more uniformity among various official state identification cards.

     Your Committee amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2604, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2604, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair