Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2503 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to broaden the conditions under which a vehicle may be considered "derelict" to include vehicles "abandoned" under section 290-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The bill also removes the condition that a vehicle be ten years old or older in order to be considered derelict and updates references to the soon to be defunct Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (Corporation) with the Hawaii Public Housing Administration (Administration).

Your Committee finds that "derelict" vehicles may be removed by the county in which the vehicle is located, or by the Corporation/Administration, if the derelict vehicle is located on property under the jurisdiction of the Corporation/Administration.

After due consideration regarding the proposed amendments with respect to derelict vehicles, your Committee has amended the bill by deleting the amendment that broadens the conditions under which a vehicle may be considered "derelict" by including vehicles "abandoned" under section 290-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Thus, as amended, the bill only deletes the existing requirement that the derelict vehicle be ten model years old or older.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2503, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2503, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.