STAND. COM. REP. NO. 289-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2643
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2643 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to remove preestablished
additional fees for vehicle registrations to be used for highway
beautification.

     Your Committee finds that presently the U-drive companies
are assessed an additional fee of $1 for each vehicle
registration, and all other owners are assessed an additional $2
for each registration, the funds to be used for highway
beautification and removal of abandoned vehicles.  Your Committee
further finds that the fees collected are insufficient to remove
the large numbers of derelict and abandoned vehicles along the
highways.

     This bill removes the preestablished fees, and permit the
counties to determine the additional fee amounts, the funds to be
used for highway beautification and removal of derelict and
abandoned vehicles.

     Testimony in opposition to this bill was received from
Catrala-Hawaii's Legislative Committee, which requested that the
bill be amended to exempt vehicles which are rented or leased
from any increases in additional fees assessed by the county.

 
 
 
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The county of Kauai suggested that U-drive vehicles be exempt
from further assessments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by removing the
sentence pertaining to placing the fees in a specified revolving
fund.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2643, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2643, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair