Bill Text: HI HB1162 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Commercial Driver's License; Penalties; Violations; Motor Vehicle
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1162 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1162-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 527
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2009
RE: H.B. No. 1162
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1162 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE VIOLATIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve highway safety and comply with federal regulations regarding commercial driver's licenses by:
(1) Increasing the maximum fine to $25,000 for an employer convicted of allowing a driver, the commercial motor vehicle the driver is driving, or the motor carrier operation, that is subject to an out-of-service order to operate;
(2) Prohibiting any individual from driving a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order; and
(3) Establishing or increasing penalties for drivers convicted of operating a commercial motor vehicle:
(A) In violation of an out-of-service order;
(B) With alcohol in the body; and
(C) With a blood alcohol content of .04.
The Department of Transportation testified in support of this bill.
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. 1162 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,
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____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair |
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