STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2688

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2051

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing, 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 measure is to provide that a commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement will expire on the same expiration date as the expiration date as the hazardous materials endorsement, except where the licensee is seventy-two year of age or older.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Transportation, the City and County of Honolulu, and the Hawaii Transportation Association. No testimony in opposition to this measure was received by your Committee.

Your Committee finds that this measure eliminates the requirement for a person with a commercial driver's license and a hazardous materials endorsement to have two expiration dates for the applicant's license. Current federal regulations require the renewal of a hazardous materials endorsement every five years or less. Your Committee finds that this measure aligns the State's requirements for renewal of commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement with the federal regulations.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing 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 Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing,

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RON MENOR, Chair