Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 295, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is require the counties to establish registration and special license plate requirements for commercial tow trucks, increase the limit on storage fees for towed vehicles, and shorten the period for notification of a tow by a tow operator to a vehicle's owner.

Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing language requiring the counties to establish a registration and special license plate system for commercial tow trucks and shortening the notification period, with language that authorizes, but does not require the county councils to enact ordinances regulating towing operations. Your Committee has retained language authorizing an increase in fees charged by tow companies for storage of towed vehicles.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 295, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 295, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.