Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 831, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to eliminate the requirement that the registered owner of a vehicle being shipped interisland obtain the written consent of the vehicle's legal owner to the transportation as a condition of shipping.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Young Brothers, Limited and the Hawaii Bankers Association testified that it did not oppose the measure. The Honolulu Police Department testified in opposition.

Current law requires that the registered owner who is not the legal owner of a vehicle being shipped interisland present to the carrier the registered owner's current certificate of registration, identification, proof of motor vehicle insurance, and the written consent of the vehicle's legal owner, who is typically the financial institution that financed the sale of the vehicle. These requirements were established in order to prevent the unauthorized or fraudulent interisland transporting of vehicles. However, your Committee finds that the written consent requirement imposes an undue burden on consumers and carriers.

Your Committee further finds that the procedures established in this measure will result in the more efficient shipping of vehicles interisland without sacrificing property protection. This measure balances the needs of carriers, consumers, and law enforcement by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 831, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing.