STAND. COM. REP. NO.  895

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 892

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 892, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support services for the disabled by increasing, for a five-year period, the state motor vehicle registration fee by $1 and designating the increased amount to the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund to cover the costs of administering the parking program for the disabled.

 

     The Disability and Communication Access Board and a concerned individual supported this measure.  Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing the annual vehicle registration fee from $46 to an unspecified amount;

 

(2)  Changing the amount that shall be deposited into the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund from $1 to an unspecified amount;

 

(3)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2030, to promote further discussion; and

 

(4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 892, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 892, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair