STAND. COM. REP. NO. 404

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 826

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 Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 826, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to simplify registration requirements for rental and U-drive motor vehicles. Specifically, this bill will:

(1) Allow a motor vehicle rental company to register their motor vehicles every two years;

(2) Provide a credit voucher for the unused portion of the registration period in the event that a motor vehicle rental company surrenders the certificate of registration for a rental or U-drive motor vehicle prior to its expiration; and

(3) Appropriate $250,000, to be expended by the City and County of Honolulu, for computer programming and additional equipment or personnel necessary for each county to upgrade their computer system to process vouchers and accommodate the change in registration requirements.

 

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Catrala-Hawaii. Testimony in opposition to this measure was received from the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Customer Services and County of Kauai's Department of Finance.

Your Committee finds that motor vehicle rental companies generally replace their vehicles every two years. Allowing the motor vehicle rental companies to register their vehicles every two years will ease the registration burdens for both the motor vehicle rental company and county motor vehicle registration units. Your Committee further finds that county motor vehicle registration personnel must have an up-to-date computer system capable of accommodating biennial registrations and credit vouchers, and that the equipment and personnel for which will be covered by the $250,000 appropriation.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 826, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

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KENNETH HIRAKI, Chair