STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1507-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2050

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2050 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEFINITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to amend the definition of "neighborhood electric vehicle" by:

(1) Deleting the requirement that the vehicle be designed to carry four or fewer persons;

(2) Clarifying that the vehicle must have four wheels in contact with the ground; and

(3) Specifying that the vehicle must have a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of less than 2,500 pounds.

The Division of Motor Vehicle, Licensing and Permits Administration of the Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu supported this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2050 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair