STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3231

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2491

H.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2491, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend existing state law to adopt federal penalties for commercial driver's license violations.

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

Your Committee finds that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has determined that Hawaii's penalties for commercial motor vehicle employers and drivers with out-of-service violations and railroad-highway grade crossing violations do not comply with federal regulations. Your Committee further finds that existing civil penalty fines are too low when a driver is convicted of a violation. This measure will adjust state law penalties for commercial driver's license violations to align with federal regulations.

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 H.B. No. 2491, H.D. 2, 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