STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1036-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2051

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2051 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make Hawaii's Commercial Driver's Licensing (CDL) law more efficient by making the renewal date of a CDL with a hazardous materials (HAZMAT) endorsement coincide with the renewal date of the underlying CDL.

The Department of Transportation and Hawaii Transportation Association testified in support of this bill.

Current federal regulations require that CDL drivers with a HAZMAT endorsement renew their license every five years. However, state law requires drivers under 72 years of age with a CDL to renew their license at six-year intervals. This has resulted in CDL drivers with a HAZMAT endorsement having two expiration dates on their licenses causing confusion. Your Committee finds that this bill will help alleviate this confusion.

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. 2051 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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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair