STAND. COM. REP. NO. 926

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1489

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1489, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR NATIONAL PARKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of Haleakala National Park and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park special license plates to any owner of a passenger motor vehicle, who is a resident of the State, for the owner's passenger motor vehicle to observe the importance of Haleakala National Park or Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Mayor of the County of Maui; Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park; Haleakalā National Park; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; and four individuals.

     Your Committee finds that Haleakala National Park and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park preserve the natural and cultural resources and values of Haleakala and Kilauea volcano and their surrounding areas for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of current and future generations.  Your Committee further finds that commemorating these special places with a special license plate is long overdue.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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. 1489, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1489, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair