STAND. COM. REP. NO.  890

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1518

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1518 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to permit towing companies to add the applicable general excise tax and county surcharge to the fees charged to the owner of a motor vehicle left unattended on private or public property without the authorization of the owner or occupant of the property.

     Hawaii State Towing Association and Waialae Chevron and Tow Service supported this bill.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1518, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1518, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair