STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3151

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                   

 

RE:     H.B. No. 2177

        H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred H.B. No. 2177, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to eliminate the exemption U-drive motor vehicles have for certification of registration, with regard to the fee established in section 286‑51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the maximum amount that may be increased by ordinance.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Maui County Mayor's Office, and three Maui County Councilmembers.

 

     Your Committee finds that making certification of registration fees uniform streamlines administration and collection of these fees.  In addition, eliminating the exemption on registration fees for U-drive motor vehicles will provide counties with additional revenue to deal with abandoned vehicles that mar the beauty of the State and pose a danger to the public by creating unsafe driving conditions.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2177, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair