STAND. COM. REP. NO.  743-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2618

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2618, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify laws pertaining to parking citations and the transfer of ownership of a vehicle by:

     (1)  Ensuring that, except in the case of U-drive vehicles, traffic infractions and associated fees are the responsibility of the person who owned the vehicle at the time the citation was issued; and

     (2)  Clarifying that unpaid parking citations shall not prevent the issuance or renewal of the motor vehicle's certificate of registration and transfer of title to another person.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to January 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 2618, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2618, H.D. 2.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair