STAND. COM. REP. NO. 944

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 493

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 493, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend motor vehicle safety inspection requirements for new motor vehicles and electric vehicles for a period of three years.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Exempts new motor vehicles from motor vehicle safety inspection requirements for a period of three years;

(2) Requires electric vehicles to be certified every twenty‑four months; and

(3) Establishes a basis for road usage charge fees to be paid for certain electric vehicles,

until June 30, 2026.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation and Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association.

Your Committee finds that exempting new vehicles from vehicle inspection requirements for three years and requiring that electric vehicles receive these inspections once every two years will allow the State to maintain high vehicle safety standards while also addressing the State's shortage of safety inspectors.

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 493, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 493, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair