STAND. COM. REP. NO.  652

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1093

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1093 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase highway safety and provide consistency in enforcement and prosecution of commercial motor vehicle operators who drive while under the influence of an intoxicant by making the statutory language concerning blood and breath alcohol concentration levels for commercial motor vehicle operators consistent with comparable existing statutory language in Chapter 291E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the use of intoxicants while operating a vehicle.

     The Department of Transportation testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1093, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1093, H.D. 1.

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

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair