STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2892

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2643
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2643, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of the measure is to increase the maximum amount
of the additional fee assessed for motor vehicle registration to
be used for the disposal of abandoned or derelict vehicles.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Mayor of Maui County, Mayor of Kauai County, members of the Kauai
and Maui Councils, and Hawaii State Association of Counties.
Testimony in opposition to the measure was received from Na Leo
Pohai, and Catrala-Hawaii.

     Your Committee has amended the measure to increase the fee
from $2 to $5 for all vehicles except U-drive vehicles and to
limit the use of the fee only to defray the cost of disposition
and other activities of abandoned or derelict vehicles.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2643, H.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 2643, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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