STAND. COM. REP. NO. 443

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 735

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 735 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the motor vehicle inspection law for new vehicles.

The State Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this bill.

In 2002, statutory language was amended to allow for a two-year safety inspection period for new vehicles. Upon implementation of the process, however, questions were raised regarding certain registration and enforcement issues. Your Committee finds that over the last year, DOT and county motor vehicle departments have worked out an agreement to address these issues and that this measure is meant to remedy the problems.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the two-year safety inspection is applicable only for the period after the initial inspection of the new vehicle; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 735, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 735, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair