STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3523

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                   

 

RE:     H.B. No. 1767

        H.D. 2

        S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1767, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

(1)  Prohibit the operation of vehicles, except low-range, four-wheel drive vehicles, in the Waipio Valley and the Mauna Kea Science Reserve; and

 

(2)  Exempt the weight of disability access modifications from the determination of net weight for non-commercial vehicles for the purposes of calculating the state and county motor vehicle weight tax.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii System, Office of Maunakea Management; Hawaii County Council; Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation; Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce; and Maunakea Observatories Support Services.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

     Your Committee finds that:

 

(1)  Limiting vehicular access to the Waipio Valley and the Mauna Kea Science Reserve to low-range, four-wheel drive vehicles will increase visitor safety and reduce road maintenance costs; and

 

(2)  Excluding the weight of disability access modifications from the non-commercial vehicle net weight determination for the purposes of calculating the state and county motor vehicle weight tax will remove a deterrent to making those modifications and increase access to transportation for the disabled.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1767, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1767, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair