STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3257

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2479
                                        H.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2479, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE EXPRESS
     WARRANTY ENFORCEMENT (LEMON LAW),"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to include as part of the
refund the manufacturer pays to the consumer under the lemon law,
the finance and interest charges paid on the motor vehicle.

     Your Committee received testimony from the Department of
Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA).

     According to testimony of the DCCA, Hawaii is only one of
four states that expressly excludes interest charges as part of
the refundable collateral or incident cost of the vehicle.  This
measure assures that the refund would be in an amount sufficient
to purchase another new vehicle.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2479, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Commerce and
                                   Consumer Protection,



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                                   BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair



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                                   BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 
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