STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2345

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2898

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2898 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend or delete statutes containing federal commercial driver's licensing requirements that are addressed in Hawaii Administrative Rules.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, and Hawaii Transportation Association.

Your Committee finds that serious financial penalties can be incurred when a state does not comply with certain federal motor carrier safety regulations.  Adopting these regulations by reference in administrative rules is expedient and ensures

exact compliance.  When placing these regulations in the Hawaii Revised Statutes, there is a possibility for noncompliance to result when numerous legislative measures are drafted and enacted.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2898, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2898, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

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

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair