STAND. COM. REP. NO.______5

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 187

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 187 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECONSTRUCTED VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to exempt counties with a population of fewer than 500,000 from reconstructed vehicle approval requirements unless the county has adopted and provided for the enforcement of ordinances regulating the inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles.

Members of the general public testified in support of the measure. The Department of Customer Service, City and County of Honolulu and the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawaii, testified in support of the intent of the measure.

Your Committee finds that requirements for the inspection of reconstructed motor vehicles should apply statewide. Your Committee believes that this measure will allow the various counties with populations under 500,000 to establish ordinances to ensure that vehicles driven in the State are safe, while addressing the particular concerns of that county.

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. 187 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair