STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1021-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2730

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2730, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow foreign drivers license reciprocity in the State by establishing driver's licensing reciprocity privileges between Hawaii and foreign countries under certain conditions and to repeal the current statute regarding the Driver's License Reciprocity Committee.

The Department of Transportation testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu commented on this measure.

     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 S.B. No. 2730, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair