STAND. COM. REP. NO.  612

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1543

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1543 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY LICENSING LAW,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to allow for licensed distributors to have the same rights and protections provided to licensed dealers by part II of Chapter 437, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Act.

 

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association, and the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1543 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair