STAND. COM. REP. NO. 70-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1881
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1881 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to consolidate and conform
offenses relating to operating a vehicle while under the
influence of intoxicants.

     Your Committee finds that statutes relating to operating a
motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants have been
enacted at various times and have inconsistent statutory
provisions, including disparate penalties for similar offenses
and inconsistent access to trial by jury.  Your Committee further
finds that a consolidation of the contents of the various
statutes into a single statute, and making necessary amendments
to create uniformity was requested in H.C.R. NO. 26, H.D. 2, S.D.
1, in 1998.

     The bill consolidates the various statutes relating to
operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, and
makes these provisions more uniform and consistent.

     More specifically, the bill:

     (1)  Combines all impaired driving offenses in one section;

 
 
 
 
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     (2)  Consolidates implied consent provisions for driving
          under the influence of intoxicating liquor, driving
          under the influence of drugs, impaired boating
          offenses, and driving with a measurable amount of
          alcohol(zero tolerance);

     (3)  Consolidates impaired driving and boating offenses in
          the administrative revocation process; and

     (4)  Clarifies penalties incurred by the aforementioned 
          offenses.
 
     Testimonies in strong support of this bill were received
from the Department of Transportation, the Judiciary, the Board
of Land and Natural Resources, the Department of the Prosecuting
Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, and Mothers Against
Drunk Driving.  Late testimonies in support of the intent of this
bill were also received from the Office of the Public Defender,
the Honolulu Police Department, and a member of the Governor's
Impaired Driving Task Force.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by substituting the term
"law enforcement officer" for the term "police officer" in the
new statutory provisions dealing with minimum standards for
roadblock procedures.

     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.
1881, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1881, 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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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair