STAND. COM. REP. NO.2813

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2838

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2838 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to distinguish the examination, licensing, and operation requirements for moped users from motor scooter and motorcycle operators.

Your Committee finds that mopeds are unique types of vehicles that are used for slightly different purposes than motor scooters and motorcycles. Therefore, the examination for licensing moped operators should be specific to that type of vehicle.

Your Committee further finds that this measure will clarify that a person seeking a license to drive a moped must be tested on the moped. These amendments will help to ensure that all moped drivers are properly trained to operate the exact type of vehicle they will be using once licensed.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adding a traffic code offense to operate motorized devices on any street, highway, or roadway. Your Committee is aware that there may be title problems with this the amended measure, but the expectation is that the amendment can be placed in a more suitable title after the first crossover. Therefore, for the present, this measure keeps the issue and the discussion alive.

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. 2838, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2838, S.D. 1.

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

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BRIAN KANNO, Chair