STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2655
                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2307
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2307, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to restrict the Public
Utilities Commission (PUC) to granting a certificate of public
convenience and necessity (certificate) only for the proposed
service, routes, and vehicle types described in the application
for a certificate.

     Your Committee received testimony from the PUC and E Noa
Corporation.

     Your Committee finds that currently, the PUC may grant
authority to applicants for passenger-carrying certification that
exceeds the scope of service proposed in their applications.
Your Committee believes that this practice jeopardizes the
effectiveness of public notice and the ability of interested
parties, including the Consumer Advocate, to effectively
determine if certain applications should be challenged.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying that
it applies to applications for authority to carry more than seven
passengers, and deleting reference to engaging in motor carrier
activity without prior written authority.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to

 
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this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2307, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 2307, S.D. 2.

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



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                                   BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair



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                                   BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 
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