STAND. COM. REP. NO.  841-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2758

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2758 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SAFETY INSPECTION OF MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure public safety by requiring certain vehicles transporting hazardous materials to comply with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR). 

     The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Hawaii Transportation Association testified in support of this bill.

     The purpose of motor carrier safety inspection laws is to protect motorists on the highways.  Unfortunately, program reviews by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have found certain statutes that are incompatible with the FMSCR, jeopardizing the receipt of FMCSA funding.  To ensure continued federal funding from the FMCSA to DOT's Motor Vehicle Safety Office, this bill conforms state law with FMCSR.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2758 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair