STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1245

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 664
                                     S.D. 1
                                     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 S.B.
No. 664, S.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce the number of inactive
special number plate files.

     Your Committee on Transportation finds that counties have an
over-abundance of unused special number plates.  There are many
plates that are inactive because vehicles have been taken out of
the state.  Your Committee further finds that there are many
plates in inventory waiting for re-issuance or initial issuance.

     This bill proposes to allow the Director of Finance of each
county to discard and allow for new applications of inactive
special number plates that have not been assigned or registered
during the preceding three years, including special number plates
for antique motor vehicles.

     Testimonies in support of this bill were received from the
Department of Customer Services, City and County of Honolulu.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting its
substance and inserting the substance of H.B 714, its companion
bill.  This eliminates any content referring to antique vehicles.


 
 
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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.
664, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 664, S.D.
1, 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