STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1653-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 3006

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3006, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to help protect Hawaii's environment from the blight of abandoned tires by:

     (1)  Establishing the Motor Vehicle Tire Surcharge; and

     (2)  Requiring the Director of Health to convene a task force to study ways to prevent or control the problem of abandoned tires littering the environment.

The Department of Health and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association opposed this measure.

     After careful consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the Motor Vehicle Tire Surcharge; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3006, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3006, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair