STAND. COM. REP. 493

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1236

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1236 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to extend reciprocity to another state or to a Canadian province by waiving the commercial driver's license (CDL) knowledge and skills test for any driver with a valid state or Canadian CDL.

The Department of Transportation and the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Transportation Association offered comments.

Your Committee finds that reciprocity has proven successful because all states are required to issue CDLs that meet the minimum federal requirements. States may also accept Canada's CDLs since that nation also tests drivers in accordance with the minimum standards. Moreover, licensing offices in the United States and Canada already share driver status and conviction information on commercial vehicle operators.

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. 1236 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair