STAND. COM. REP. NO. 903-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2508

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2508, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAIVER OF ABANDONED VEHICLE PUBLIC AUCTION REQUIREMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to expedite the removal of abandoned vehicles from Hawaii's roadways by:

(1) Increasing from $250 to $1,000 the value of an abandoned vehicle for which public auction requirements may be waived;

(2) Removing the requirement for the value of the abandoned vehicle to be appraised; and

(3) Clarifying public notice requirements for the disposal of an abandoned vehicle.

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

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2508, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2508, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair