STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2049

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2757

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2757 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 expiration date for an initial commercial driver's license from a period of not less than two or six years to a period of not more than eight years, expiring on the driver's birthday.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and Hawaii Transportation Association.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that this measure prepares the State for the federal REAL ID Act, which is a nationwide effort to improve the integrity and security of state-issued driver licenses and identification cards, which in turn will help fight terrorism and reduce fraud.  This measure also provides greater consistency between the various identification cards and licenses in Hawai‘i.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

     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. 2757, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2757, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair