STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1227

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 267

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 267, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to exempt a lessee of a rental motor vehicle from the proof of ownership and other requirements applicable to the interisland shipping of vehicles.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Catrala-Hawaii and Young Brothers.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will ease the documentation requirements for transport of rental vehicles among the islands by regulated water carriers.  Your Committee notes that this measure eases the burden on rental car companies by allowing them to streamline documentation requirements through negotiation with carriers.  Your Committee finds that this measure will ease the interisland shipment of rental vehicles while still maintaining safeguards against the shipment of stolen vehicles. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 267, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair