STAND. COM. REP. NO. 54

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 73

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 73 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require inspection and certification of motor carrier vehicles during the month in which the vehicle's certificate of motor vehicle registration is issued.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Hawaii Transportation Association.

Currently, all commercial vehicles have their annual safety inspection expire in the month of June. This necessitates about 100,000 vehicles to be inspected in the same month, resulting in backlogs at inspection stations.

This measure would spread out the inspection deadlines. According to testimony of the DOT, this measure would reduce the current workload of the DOT inspection stations and motor carrier companies.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 73 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Government Operations,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair