STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1024-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2898

      S.D. 2

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. 2898, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure timely compliance with certain federal motor carrier safety regulations by amending or deleting statutes containing federal commercial driver's licensing requirements that are addressed in the Hawaii Administrative Rules.

The Department of Transportation; Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu; and Hawaii Transportation Association testified in support of this measure.

     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. 2898, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair