STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2360

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2902

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2902 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to expand the authority of the Director of Transportation over required motor vehicle and motor carrier vehicle inspections in the State.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, Hawaii Transportation Association, and Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association.

     Your Committee finds that as time passes, the need to upgrade the methods and procedures of state motor vehicle and motor carrier vehicle inspections arises.  The current system of making changes to the inspection programs is inefficient, as a measure needs to be introduced in the Legislature every time a change in inspection fees is required.

     In addition to authorizing the Director of Transportation to establish inspection-related fees and costs by administrative rule, rather than setting the fees and costs in statute, this measure also deletes the requirement for insurance information, except the expiration date, to be placed on an inspection certificate.  With the implementation of an electronic inspection form program, digital images of insurance cards can be made and stored by inspection stations.  The image can easily be retrieved if an inspector is suspected of not checking the card or accepting a fraudulent card.  Putting only the expiration date on the inspection certificate will minimize the data entry required by inspectors while providing the most important data on the certificate.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2902 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and International Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair