STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1319

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 676
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B.
No. 676, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
     LICENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the gross vehicle
weight rating for a category 3 license and a category 4 license.

     Your Committee on Transportation finds that this amendment
will be beneficial for small businesses.  As commercial vehicles
are now able to carry heavier loads with minimal increases in
size, this amendment recognizes that people with category 3 and
category 4 licenses are able to operate heavier vehicles safely.

     This bill proposes to permit the holder of a Type 3 driver's
license to drive a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight
rating of up to 15,000 pounds and the holder of a Type 4 license
to drive a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of
15,001 to 26,000 pounds.

     Testimonies in support of this bill were received from the
Hawaii Transportation Association and Ryder Transportation
Services.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting its
contents and replacing it with the contents from H.B. 11, its

 
 
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companion bill.  This reduces the proposed vehicle weight rating
for a Type 3 license from 15,000 pounds to a maximum of 12,000
pounds and for a Type 4 license from 15,001 pounds to a minimum
of 12,001 pounds.

     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.
676, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 676, S.D.
1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer
Protection and Commerce.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair