STAND. COM. REP. NO.  786

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 113

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 113 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exempt vehicles transporting asphalt or other high temperature loads from the requirement that their loads must be covered.

The Maritime Group, LLC, Dons Trucking LLC, and an individual supported this measure.  Three individuals opposed this measure.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring that the physical characteristics of an uncovered high temperature load are not susceptible to blowing off or otherwise escaping from the vehicle during transport on any highway; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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 H.B. No. 113, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 113, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair