STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1157

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 27
                                     




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 S.B.
No. 27 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce the burden of safety
inspections on vehicle owners who store their vehicles for short
periods of time.

     Your Committee finds that the present statute requires a new
inspection certificate, when a person removes a vehicle from
storage, even if the current one is still valid.  Your Committee
believes that this places an unnecessary burden on the vehicle
owner.

     This bill proposes to permit the vehicle owner to remove a
vehicle from storage without a new certificate of inspection, if
the current certificate has not expired.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from an individual who stores vehicles for short periods while
being absent from Hawaii.  The City and County of Honolulu
testified against this measure, citing situations in which owners
store vehicles which are already defective.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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     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 S.B. No. 27
and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair