STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1869

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   S.B. No. 946

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 946, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE REVOCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to make changes to Hawaii's administrative license revocation laws by permitting a driver whose license has been administratively revoked for life for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol to seek reinstatement of the license after ten years have passed since the lifetime revocation was imposed; and provided that the driver:

 

     (1)  Has had no arrests or convictions for driving while the license was revoked; and

 

     (2)  Is free from dependency or abuse of alcohol and drugs.

 

     The Office of the Public Defender, Wahiawa Church of the Nazarene, Hawaii Pacific District Church of the Nazarene, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of the Attorney General, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Police Department, and MADD Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Judiciary and a concerned individual provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 946, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair