STAND. COM. REP. NO. 6-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1768
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1768 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide additional
information on the registration forms for motor vehicles.

     Your Committee finds that there are occasions when it
becomes necessary to locate the owner of a motor vehicle, or the
legal owner, if different from that of the registered owner.
Your Committee further finds that the home address of the owner
and the business address of the legal owner, if different, are
not required on vehicle registration forms.  Your Committee
further finds that some owners register their vehicles under
their business addresses, rather than home addresses, making it
difficult to contact them in cases of emergency, nor is the
business address of the legal owner required.

     This bill provides that vehicle registration forms contain
the home address of the owner and business address of the legal
owner, if different from that of the owner.

     Testimony was received from an interested citizen, citing
difficulty in reaching the owner for a law enforcement or other
valid reason, who has registered the vehicle under the business
address, if the business is not open.

 
 
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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 H.B. No.
1768 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on
the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair