Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 993 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to specify that the reconstructed vehicles law does not apply to counties with a population of under 500,000 that have adopted or adopts county ordinances regulating the inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu testified in opposition to this measure.

Currently, the City and County of Honolulu is the only county administering the Director of Transportation's rules relating to the inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles. Thus, reconstructed vehicles that may be operating in the counties of Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii may not be legally operated in the City and County of Honolulu unless it is inspected and certified by the City and County of Honolulu, and a reconstructed vehicle permit is obtained.

Your Committee understands the opposition to this measure by DOT and the Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu based upon safety and statewide standardization concerns. However, this measure's importance, especially to individuals on the neighbor islands, warrants further discussion.

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. 993 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.