STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1092-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2859

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 2859, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Act to update the rights and liabilities between motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers.

     The Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board opposed this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General, Regulated Industries Complaints Office and Office of Administrative Hearings of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and General Motors, LLC provided comments.

     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 S.B. No. 2859, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair