STAND. COM. REP. NO.323

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1108

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1108 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address the serious matter of the arrestee's refusal to take a blood alcohol test by revoking a person's driver's license for ten years if:

(1) The person was involved in a motor vehicle collision;

(2) The person refused to take a blood or breath test; and

(3) The collision resulted in death or serious bodily injury.

The Honolulu Police Department testified in support of the bill. The Office of the Public Defender submitted concerns on the bill.

After careful consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Reducing the revocation period from ten years to six years;

(2) Restricting the six-year revocation period to collisions resulting in death; and

(3) Clarifying that the arrestee is the operator of the vehicle.

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. 1108, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1108, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair