STAND. COM. REP. NO.885

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 207

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 207 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERISLAND VEHICLE TRANSFERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the requirement that the registered owner of a vehicle being shipped interisland obtain the written consent of the vehicle's legal owner before shipping the vehicle.

Young Brothers, Limited and Hawaii Bankers Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Honolulu Police Department submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.

Your Committee finds that the current written consent requirement imposes an onerous and unnecessary obligation upon shipping companies and consumers. There is no such requirement for interstate shipping of vehicles on the mainland, or for such shipments between the mainland and Hawaii. Your Committee finds that the documentation required by this bill is more than sufficient to help prevent unauthorized or fraudulent shipments, and to facilitate the tracking and investigation of such shipments if they do occur.

 

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 S.B. No. 207 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

 

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

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair