CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 1

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 993

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 993, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to increase the safety of public roadways by applying state reconstructed vehicle laws to counties with populations of under 500,000, unless the county has adopted an ordinance regulating the inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles.

Your Committee on Conference understands that the City and County of Honolulu is currently the only county subject to the Director of Transportation's rules relating to the inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles, and that reconstructed vehicles in other counties are not regulated at all. However, your Committee understands that counties with populations of less than 500,000 may need time to formulate and implement ordinances that regulate the inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles.

Accordingly, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Providing that beginning July 1, 2004, a county with a population of less than 500,000 is subject to the State's reconstructed vehicle laws unless the county has adopted and enforces ordinances regulating these vehicles; and

(2) Changing the effective date from January 1, 2050 to upon approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 993, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 993, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair