Bill Text: HI HB295 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: ADLRO Hearing; Venue; Remote Conferencing

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB295 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB295-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  131

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 295

 

 

 

 

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. 295 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE REVOCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the efficiency of the Administrative Driver's Licensing Revocation Office (ADLRO) by authorizing the administrator of the courts to permit:

 

(1)  Administrative license revocation hearings to be held in a county other than the county of arrest; and

 

(2)  Permit hearings by telephonic, video, or other eletronic means.

 

     The Judiciary testified in support of this bill.

 

     Currently, ADLRO operations require almost daily inter-island travel to conduct administrative revocation hearings statewide.  This is due to the fact that these hearings are required to be held at a place as close as practical to the location where the administrative revocation was issued.  These daily commutes cost the ADLRO up to $1,000 per week, making up the bulk of their operational expenditures.  Allowing ADLRO the flexibility to choose a venue with the consent of the respondent or via telephonic, video, or other electronic means will result in cost savings for ADLRO.

 

     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. 295 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,

 

 

		____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair