STAND. COM. REP. NO.  58

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 362

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 362 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to alleviate traffic congestion due to motor vehicle accidents by allowing for the immediate removal of a motor vehicle from the scene of an accident involving only damage to a vehicle or other property.

     Your Committee finds that traffic congestion inevitably increases whenever a motor vehicle accident occurs on our roadways.  Allowing for the immediate removal of these vehicles under certain circumstances should help alleviate this congestion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 362 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair