Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1473, H.D. 1, 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 recorded lien holder does not have an office in the State.

The City and County of Honolulu and the Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

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. 1473, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1473, H.D. 2.