CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 32-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

RE:    H.B. No. 869

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

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. 869, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RENTAL 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 assist rental motor vehicle companies in dealing with traffic violations committed by renters by:

(1)  Extending the period of time within which the rental motor vehicle company must provide a lessee's name and address upon notice that a rental motor vehicle has been involved in a traffic violation from 45 to 60 days; and

(2)  Clarifying that the period of time within which the rental motor vehicle company must provide the lessee's name and address begins on the date of the mailing of the notice of violation.

     Currently, when a person driving a rental car in Hawaii is cited for a traffic violation, the rental car company has 45 days to respond to the notice of a traffic infraction.  If the rental car company does not respond within this timeframe, the company is required to pay the full fine.  However, as the registered owners of a rental car are often a parent company located on the continental United States, it may take additional time for a notice of infraction to be received and processed by the company, thereby causing a delay in their response.  Allowing additional time for the company to respond and clarifying that the time period begins on the date of the mailing of the notice will create deadlines that rental car companies would be better able to meet.

     After further consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by changing its effective date from July 1, 2075, to July 1, 2010.

     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. 869, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 869, H.D. 1, 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	____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair