STAND. COM. REP. NO.  82-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1667

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1667 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to recognize the dedication and service of veterans of the armed services by exempting qualifying totally and permanently disabled veterans from paying the state motor vehicle registration fee on one of their noncommercial vehicles.

 

     The State Office of Veterans Services, Military Officers Association of America, Hawaii Chapter and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Transportation provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the income cap as one of the qualifications for the motor vehicle registration fee exemption; 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. 1667, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1667, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair