STAND. COM. REP. 2035

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2015

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2015 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify when a vehicle is deemed abandoned on a public highway for purposes of disposal.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Honolulu Department of Customer Services, the Windward Ahupuaa Alliance, and Hawaii Independent Automobile Dealers Association.

Your Committee finds that the current statute allows a vehicle to be declared "abandoned" only after the vehicle has been left unattended for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours and is unlawfully parked on public property.

Your Committee further finds that vehicles abandoned on public highways pose increased safety hazards, create eye-sores, and promote the misuse of public roads for the storage of vehicles being dismantled or repaired.

This measure will allow for the immediate removal and disposal of any vehicle parked on a public highway that is not currently registered and safety checked. This measure provides that the vehicle is considered abandoned immediately if it has no current registration and no current safety inspection, as evidenced by the lack of the appropriate stickers.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2015 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair