STAND. COM. REP. NO.  814

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1241

      H.D. 2

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. 1241, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend to 20 business days, the time period of notice during which a legal and registered owner of an abandoned vehicle with an out-of-state address may repossess the vehicle before the vehicle is subject to disposal.

     EAN Holdings, LLC testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, to facilitate continued discussion.

     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. 1241, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1241, H.D. 2.

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

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair