CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 59-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    H.B. No. 2953

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2953, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to simplify documentation requirements for vehicles using an inter-island ferry service by providing certain vehicle identification requirement exemptions when traveling on an inter-island ferry.

     Currently, shipping motor vehicles between islands requires the shipper to present identification, a current certification of registration and proof of insurance for the vehicle being shipped, and a notarized letter from the registered owner or legal owner of the motor vehicle being shipped if the shipper is not the legal or registered owner of the vehicle.  However, individuals using the services of an inter-island ferry are often not the registered or legal owner of the vehicle.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the requirements for the inter-island shipping of motor vehicles were put in place long before a car-carrying, inter-island ferry service was ever envisioned for Hawaii and was meant to primarily serve as a deterrent to the shipping of stolen vehicles.  However, procedures that include identifying a vehicle through its vehicle identification number, make, model, year, and color, along with identification requirements for the driver and all passengers in the vehicle, serve as a sufficient deterrent for the shipment of stolen vehicles on the current inter-island ferry service.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by changing its effective date to upon its approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2953, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2953, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair	____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair	____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Co-Chair