STAND. COM. REP. NO.61611

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 676

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 676 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is exempt motor vehicle rental companies that periodically ship vehicles in quantities of ten or more from the requirements governing the removal or shipping of vehicles from the State or between the counties.

Avis Rent A Car, Catrala-Hawaii, JN Car & Truck Rental, and ANC Rental Corporation testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that the documentation requirements for shipping vehicles out of the State or between the counties place an undue burden on motor vehicle rental companies that deal in the shipment of quantities of vehicles. Titles to the vehicles must be retrieved from the mainland where they are stored and sent to Hawaii for presentation to the shipper, resulting in thousands of cars sitting on the docks for a week or more while the paperwork is in transit. By exempting these companies from the documentation requirements, this measure will facilitate business and commercial activity in the State.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 676 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing,

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RON MENOR, Chair