STAND. COM. REP. NO. 837-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2747

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2747, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to assist persons with disabilities by allowing the examiner of drivers to issue an instruction permit to an applicant who completed a medical review with the State, and as a condition to licensure, must pass a road test but has failed the road test on the applicant's first attempt.

The Department of Transportation and Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this bill. The Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB) supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee noted testimony regarding the official term for "medical evaluation" as "medical report," and other grammatical changes suggested by DCAB, and finds that further careful review of these concerns is warranted.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to January 1, 2096, to encourage further discussion. Technical non-substantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

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 H.B. No. 2747, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2747, H.D. 2.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair