STAND. COM. REP. NO. 792

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 739

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 739, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Transportation to amend its administrative rules to repeal any provisions requiring the furnishing of evidence of registration as a condition precedent to receiving a certificate of inspection.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu, and three individuals.

Your Committee finds that the requirement for motor vehicle owners to provide evidence of a motor vehicle's registration, such as a valid certificate of registration, in order to receive a safety inspection certificate can be particularly onerous for owner's whose certificates of registration and inspection have both expired. Your Committee further finds that most states that require safety inspections for motor vehicles do not usually require a certificate of registration in order to receive a certificate of inspection. This measure is intended to make it easier for motor vehicle owners to receive their motor vehicle registration and safety inspection certificate.

Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the requirement that the Department of Transportation amend its administrative rules to repeal any provisions requiring the furnishing of evidence of registration as a condition precedent to receiving a certificate of inspection and instead requiring the Department of Transportation to amend its administrative rules to allow the owner of a motor vehicle whose motor vehicle registration and safety check are both expired to:

(1) Register the motor vehicle without a certificate of inspection and, upon successful registration of the motor vehicle, obtain a certificate of inspection; and

(2) Obtain a certificate of inspection without having to furnish evidence of a motor vehicle's registration and, after obtaining the certificate of inspection, register the motor vehicle.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 739, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 739, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair