STAND. COM. REP. NO. 16

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 685
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 685 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF MOTOR
     VEHICLES UNDER TWO OR MORE NAMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal the requirement
that a specific form be provided by the Director of Finance when
registering a vehicle under two names that is not held in joint
tenancy.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
City and County of Honolulu.

     Your Committee finds that this measure eliminates the
requirement that the counties provide a specific form for
alternate types of joint ownership, thus clarifying the issue of
whether or not the forms currently provided by the counties are
legally sufficient.  This measure would require proper legal
documents to be provided if a vehicle is to be registered in the
names of two or more persons that is not owned in joint tenancy.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 685 and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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