STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1441

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1416

      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. 1416, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce the burden of new car owners in obtaining a certificate of inspection on their vehicles by lengthening the period during which new vehicles are exempted from safety inspections from two to three years after the date of purchase.

     EAN Holdings, LLC, supported this bill.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services and a concerned individual opposed this bill.  The Department of Transportation and a concerned individual offered 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. 1416, S.D. 1, 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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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair