STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1439

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 35

 

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 35 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Act to provide nonmanufacturer automobile distributors the same protections that were provided for local auto dealers in their relation with manufacturers in Act 164, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010.

 

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association supported this bill.

 

     Act 164 provided detailed rights, duties, and protections between auto dealers and manufacturers.  Because nonmanufacturer automobile distributors were also intended to benefit from these same protections, this measure includes them in the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Act.

 


     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 S.B. No. 35 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair