STAND. COM. REP. NO. 166-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2906
                                     




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. 2906 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to require all towing companies to have the proper
identifications on the doors of all of their tow trucks.
     
     Your Committee finds, that under the present statute, a
towing company is required to have the name and telephone number
of the business only on both doors of the tow truck being called
to a towing site.  Your Committee further finds that there have
been frequent incidents of illegitimate use to unmarked tow
trucks to steal vehicles. Your Committee further finds that only
the tow trucks being called to tow a vehicle are required to have
identifications on their doors.

     This bill proposes to require towing companies to have
signage on both doors, with the name and telephone number, on all
of their tow trucks, not just the one being called to a towing
site.

     Testimonies in support of this measure were received from
the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the city and
county of Honolulu, the Hawaii Towing Association, and Affordable
Towing & Recovery Service.


 
 
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     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.
2906 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation,



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair