STAND. COM. REP. NO. 493-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2761
                                     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 Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2761 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to clarify requirements for seeking special number plates.

     Your Committee finds that it was unclear as to what entities
were required to have a minimum number of special license plate
applicants to qualify for their issuance, and who was authorized
to purchase an organization's special plates.

     This bill proposes that the minimum number of applicants is
relevant to not-for-profit organizations and to military veterans
groups, but not to state and county agencies, schools, and
accredited institutions of higher learning.  This bill also
proposes that any vehicle owner may apply for an organization's
special number plate, but that applications may be subject to
approval of the organization.

     Testimonies in support of this measure were received from
the City and County of Honolulu, the University of Hawaii, and
the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by amending the maximum
size of a decal from two and one-half inches wide to three
inches, permitting any vehicle owner to apply for an
organization's number plate, and by deleting the requirement that
an organization have at least one hundred members in good
standing.

     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.
2761, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2761, H.D. 1, 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