STAND. COM. REP. NO. 477________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 719
                                     H.D. 1




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. 719 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide additional funds for
the counties to remove abandoned vehicles and beautify their
highways.

     Your Committee finds that an additional fee of not more than
$1 may be established by county ordinance for each certificate of
vehicle registration issued; with the generated revenues to be
used for highway beautification and related activities.  Your
Committee further finds that the present fee of $1 is
insufficient for the efforts of the counties to remove abandoned
vehicles and beautify their highways.

     This bill, as received, proposes to increase the fee from $1
to $5 at time of issuance of each vehicle certificate of
registration, to be used for highway beautification and related
activities.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Department of Customer Services of the City and County of
Honolulu.  The Department of Health testified in support of the
intent of the bill.


 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by decreasing the
proposed surcharge to $2, instead of $5, for each vehicle
certificate of registration issued.

     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.
719, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 719, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair