STAND. COM. REP. NO. 745-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2727
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2727 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERISLAND VEHICLE
     TRANSFERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to expedite the process of
shipping vehicles interisland by repealing the requirement that
registered owners of a vehicle, with an outstanding loan, cannot
ship the vehicle between the islands unless they obtain a
notarized statement from the creditor.  This measure allows
registered owners, who are not legal owners, to ship damaged or
undamaged vehicles without the necessity of the legal owner's
consent.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by Young
Brothers, Ltd. and Hawaii Tractor, Ltd.

     Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the
Hawaii Bankers Association.   

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the phrase "or a registered owner" with
          respect to damaged vehicles;

     (2)  Modifying the last sentence in subsection (b) of
          section 286-271 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to read

 
 
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          "A registered owner of the vehicle who is not the legal
          owner of the vehicle must present a current certificate
          of registration";

     (3)  Changing the effective date from "upon its approval" to
          a blank space; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2727, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2727, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair