Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2503, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enable the Hawaii Public Housing Administration (Administration) or designated county agencies to more efficiently remove, process, and dispose of derelict vehicles by removing the provision that a vehicle be 10 years old or older to be considered derelict. This bill also deletes references to the Housing and Community Development Corporation, replacing them with reference to the Hawaii Public Housing Administration.

The Department of the Attorney General, Mayor of the County of Maui, and Windward Ahupua'a Alliance testified in support of this bill. The Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu supported the intent of this measure.

Current law provides for derelict vehicles with expired registrations; however, your Committee finds that these vehicles are rarely claimed or purchased due to the lack of care and inoperable conditions. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to make provisions for derelict vehicles that fall under a previous registration period.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2503, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2503, H.D. 2.