STAND. COM. REP. NO. 70

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 715
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 715 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to amend the statute relating to vehicles registered under two or
more names.

     Your Committee finds that any vehicle registered in the
names of two or more persons shall be presumed to be owned in
joint tenancy unless otherwise specifically stated on a form
provided by the county director of finance.  Your Committee
further finds that the form being issued by the counties is not
legally sufficient to provide for the different types of joint
ownership.

     The proposed bill provides that the applicant for the
exception be responsible for the appropriate legal documents.
The phrase "provided by the director of finance" has been removed
to amend the present statute.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Director of Customer Services, City and County of Honolulu.
 
     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.
715 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to
the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair