Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1473 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide adequate time for the recordation of a transfer of vehicular ownership by increasing the period to forward the certificate of ownership to the Director of Finance from 30 days to 60 days in cases where the applicable certificate of ownership is from a jurisdiction other than Hawaii.

The Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association testified in support of this bill. The Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu provided clarifying amendments.

Your Committee has amended this measure to accomplish its purpose by clarifying that the 60-day period shall apply when the recorded lien holder does not have an office in the State.

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. 1473, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1473, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.