STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1022-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2901

      S.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. 2901, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure expedient compliance with federal motor carrier safety regulations by amending or deleting statutory provisions containing federal requirements that are currently addressed in the Hawaii Administrative Rules or are otherwise unnecessary.

The Department of Transportation and the 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. 2901, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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