STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1073-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2329

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2329, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROVISIONAL LICENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to give full faith and credit to other states' provisional driver's license laws by authorizing the Examiner of Drivers to waive the actual demonstration of the ability to operate a motor vehicle requirement for any person who has a comparable, valid provisional license from another state and has completed the same requirements to convert a provisional license to a driver's license that apply under Hawaii's licensing laws.

Two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Transportation and the Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by removing the word "comparable" in regards to a valid provisional license from another state to avoid unnecessary delay in implementation.  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2329, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2329, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair