STAND. COM. REP. NO.  179-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 1991

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1991 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC ABSTRACT FEE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase general fund revenues by raising the fee for a traffic abstract from $7 to $10 and increasing the amount of the fee deposited into the general fund from $5 to $8.

     The Judiciary testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Insurers Council, USAA, and State Farm Insurance Companies testified in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to December 21, 2058, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1991, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1991, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair