STAND. COM. REP. NO. 664-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2951
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and
Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No.
2951 entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow police officers to
inspect unregistered motor vehicle repair dealers for the purpose
of establishing a rightful title or registration of vehicles or
identifiable vehicle components, in order to determine rightful
ownership or possession.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Honolulu Police Department.  Testimony in opposition to this
measure, with suggested amendments, was submitted by the Hawaii
Automotive Repair & Gasoline Dealers Association.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by amending page
1, line 15, replacing "licensed" with "registered" motor vehicle
repair dealer to conform with Chapter 437B, Hawaii Revised
Statutes.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2951, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second

 
 
 
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Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2951, H.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce and
                                   Judiciary and Hawaiian
                                   Affairs,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair            RON MENOR, Chair