STAND. COM. REP. NO. 69
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 1054
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1054 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to prohibit provisional licensees under the age of eighteen and holders of a temporary instruction permit who are age fifteen years and six months or older but under the age of eighteen, from engaging in various tasks not associated with operating a motor vehicle while operating a motor vehicle.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, MADD – Hawaii, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. Testimony in opposition was received from the Office of the Public Defender. Copies of written testimony are available for review on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that certain common driver distractions contribute to inattention to driving, which may result in catastrophic consequences. The problem is exacerbated among young and inexperienced drivers who are the subject of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1054, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1054, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,
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____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair |
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