Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 187 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to apply state motor vehicle inspection laws for reconstructed vehicles (that currently only apply to the City and County of Honolulu) to counties that do not already regulate reconstructed vehicles by ordinance.

Supportive testimony was submitted by concerned citizens from the Island of Hawaii. The Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu and the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaii testified in support of the intent of the bill.

Since the enactment of the reconstructed vehicle law, only the County of Maui has enacted ordinances regulating the inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles.

Your Committee found especially compelling the testimony from residents of the Island of Hawaii who stated that there is a need to ensure that these types of vehicles are regulated in every county.

Accordingly, your Committee believes that this bill will ensure the health, welfare, and safety of all citizens while allowing the County of Maui to continue its existing regulatory program.

After careful consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by clarifying that section 286-95, Hawaii Revised Statutes, does not apply to a county that adopts, and provides for the enforcement of, ordinances regulating the inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles.

It is the intent of your Committee that this bill not be construed to prohibit any county from adopting ordinances that regulate the inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 187, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 187, H.D. 1.