STAND. COM. REP. NO. 438-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2823
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
2823, H.D. 1, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to narrow the exemption granted
to school buses from the motor carrier law.

     Specifically, this bill exempts school buses from the
advertising prohibitions and application fee schedules only if
the buses are active and federally compliant.

     Furthermore, this bill makes permanent the exemption from
the motor carrier law for the transport of seed corn to
processing facilities established by Act 120, Session Laws of
Hawaii 1997.

     Your Committee believes that from an education standpoint,
conditioning the advertising and fee schedule exemptions for
school buses upon active operation and federal compliance will
ensure the safety of school children and is reasonable as long as
it does not interfere with regular school transportation.

     Your Committee defers on the other issues to your Committee
on Consumer Protection and Commerce.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2823, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee
on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair

 
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