STAND. COM. REP. NO. 804

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 686
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 686, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VEHICLE HIGHWAY
     BEAUTIFICATION FEE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the allowable motor
vehicle certificate of registration fee that is imposed and used
by the counties for highway beautification and abandoned vehicle
disposal from $1 to $3 and exempting U-drive motor vehicles from
the fee increase.

     Your Committee finds that Hawaii needs to maintain its image
as a beautiful state and this is possible by keeping its roadways
and highways clean and free of abandoned cars.  By making car
owners pay a small fee at the time of registration, the counties
have been able to clear many roadways.  A further increase of $2
is still a small price to pay for the overall benefit to the
environment.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
686, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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