Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 58 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exempt motor vehicle rental companies that periodically ship ten or more vehicles between the islands or from the State from the requirements for removing and shipping vehicles.

Catrala-Hawaii, Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc., ANC Rental Corporation, and Avis Rent A Car System, Inc. submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that motor vehicle rental companies conducting business in Hawaii customarily remove or ship ten or more vehicles between the islands and from the State on a regular basis. The modification of the law as provided in this measure will allow these companies to eliminate unnecessary delays and costs that are currently associated with the shipping of more than ten vehicles both between the islands and out of the State.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 58, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.