Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Government Operations and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2204 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create a misdemeanor offense for removal of parts from an abandoned or a derelict vehicle.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Windward Ahupua`a Alliance and two individuals.

Your Committees view this measure as furthering environmental protection efforts to deter the unsightly discarding of auto parts along our streets, roadways, parks, and beaches. Stripped auto parts are often discarded on public property after the fact, which multiplies the problem of litter control and contributes to the disfigurement of the natural beauty of the landscape.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Government Operations and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2204 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.