Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 609 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow counties to increase by ordinance the certificate of motor vehicle registration fee from $5 to $10.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Maui County Council, Hawaii Department of Environmental Management, and four Maui County Council members.

This measure provides more money to the counties to remove and dispose of abandoned or derelict vehicles on public highways. Any fee collected in excess of $2 goes for this purpose by law. The counties are experiencing a growing problem with more automobiles that are left abandoned, some of which are derelict, which is an eyesore and a huge expense.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 609 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.