STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 469

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 10

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 10 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to assist Hawaii residents serving in the armed services by exempting members of the national guard and reserves from motor vehicle taxes and fees for noncommercial motor vehicles.

The Department of Transportation, Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure. The Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association supported the intent of the bill.

Your Committee recognizes that many residents of Hawaii serve their country in the Hawaii Army National Guard, Hawaii Air National Guard, and the Army Reserves. Many of these units have been activated by executive order to serve in hostile combat zones. Your Committees find that exempting their vehicles from taxes and fees is a small price to pay for their sacrifices.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that only members of the Hawaii National Guard or Military Reserves who are federalized by a call to active duty through an executive order of the President of the United States and who are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan can qualify for this exemption; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Public Safety & Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 10, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 10, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Public Safety & Military Affairs,

____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair		____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair