STAND. COM. REP. NO. 309-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2493

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2493 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create two new commercial driver's license restrictions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from AOAO Lakeview Sands and one individual.

Your Committee finds that due to a lack of highway infrastructure on Lanai and Molokai, applicants from Lanai and Molokai are unable to demonstrate specific on-road driving skills needed for a commercial driver's license. As a result, these applicants must travel to Maui to conduct a road test, leading to increased out-of-pocket costs for these applicants. This measure will provide an option for those individuals to conduct a road test on Lanai or Molokai and provide clarity for commercial driver's license restrictions by the counties.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

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. 2493, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2493, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair