STAND. COM. REP. NO. 333-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1576

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1576 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VEHICLE NUMBER PLATES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow vehicle owners to display the front number plate on the inside of the front windshield as an alternative means to securing this number plate to the front of the vehicle.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from ten individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Honolulu Police Department.

Your Committee finds that allowing vehicle owners to display the front number plate on the inside of the front windshield has the potential to reduce theft and increase aesthetic options for vehicle owners. In addition, the front plate will still be visible for purposes of vehicle identification.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

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. 1576, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1576, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair