STAND. COM. REP. NO. 245

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1405

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 1405 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to create consistency with federal weight limits for gross vehicle weight and axle loads traveling on all public roadways.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that the State's transportation infrastructure supports thousands of travelers daily. However, large, overweight, private and commercial vehicles may place undue burdens on the State's transportation infrastructure, which may lead to additional, costly maintenance, or repair costs. Your Committee further finds that, in order to preserve roadways, bridges, and other State transportation infrastructure, consistency and statewide simplification for vehicle weight limits must be enforced. Therefore, this measure will provide clarity by simplifying the definitions of legal weights for commercial vehicles.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1405 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair