STAND. COM. REP. NO.  648

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1098

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1098 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote highway safety by:

     (1)  Defining "after market motorcycle frame";

(2)  Authorizing the county directors of finance to register motorcycles with after market motorcycle frames, using the vehicle identification number on the certification label or the vehicle identification number assigned by the respective county director of finance; and

(3)  Except for motorcycles built on after market motorcycle frames, special interest vehicles, and reconstructed vehicles, prohibiting the registration of a motor vehicle or device unless it is certified by the manufacturer to be in compliance with applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.

     The Department of Transportation, City and County of Honolulu, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, to             facilitate continued 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. 1098, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1098, H.D. 1.

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

____________________________

GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair