STAND. COM. REP. NO. 431

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 315

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 315 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Classify certain former military vehicles as special interest vehicles; and

(2) Enable owners of former military vehicles to apply for registration.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Transportation. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Public Utilities Commission.

Your Committee finds that the counties had previously allowed former military vehicles to be registered with their respective departments of motor vehicles; however, residents are now prohibited from registering their former military vehicles. Your Committee further finds that residents use former military vehicles to safely transport large groups of people over rough terrain that requires a vehicle with four-wheel drive. Additionally, there are several states that currently permit the titling and registration of former military vehicles, as long as the vehicles satisfy the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Therefore, this measure will classify certain former military vehicles as special interest vehicles and enable owners of former military vehicles to apply for registration.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 315, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 315, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair