STAND. COM. REP. NO. 785-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2906
                                     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. 2906 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOWING COMPANIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require all tow vehicles
to have identification on their doors indicating their company
name and telephone number. 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Hawaii State Towing Association, Island Wide Towing, A Tow in
Paradise, and Affordable Towing & Recovery Service.

     Testimony in support of this measure, with proposed
amendments, was submitted by the Department of Commerce and
Consumer Affairs.  

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing the signage requirement of chapter 290, Hawaii
          Revised Statutes (HRS) relating abandoned vehicles and
          placing it in chapter 291C HRS relating to the
          statewide traffic code;

     (2)  Defining "commercial tow truck"; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for style and
          clarity.

 
 
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     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. 2906, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2906, 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