STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2511

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2898

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2898, S.D. 1, 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 City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services.

     Your Committee finds that serious financial penalties can be incurred when a state does not comply with certain federal motor carrier safety regulations.  This measure adopts regulations by reference to Hawaii Administrative Rules, thereby ensuring exact compliance with relevant federal regulations.

     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 Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2898, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2898, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair