STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1465

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1325

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 1325, S.D. 1, 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 preventing motorcycles that were manufactured for off-road use from being registered and used on public roads.  Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Defines "aftermarket motorcycle frame";

     (2) Allows the county director of finance to assign a vehicle identification number to a motorcycle with an aftermarket frame; and

     (3)  Except for special interest vehicles, reconstructed vehicles, and motorcycles with an aftermarket frame, disallows the registration of uncertified motor vehicles and devices.

     The Department of Transportation and City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by 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 S.B. No. 1325, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1325, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair