STAND. COM. REP. NO 3116

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 122

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.C.R. No. 122 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CORRECT THE DEFECTS OF THE VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION DECALS AND TO DEVELOP PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ENSURE QUALITY CONTROL STANDARDS OF ITS PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation to immediately correct the defects of the vehicle safety inspection decals, hold accountable the contractor that developed the decals, and develop protocols that will ensure quality control standards of its programs.

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation.

     A vehicle inspection certificate is issued for and a vehicle safety inspection decal is affixed to a vehicle that has passed a safety inspection.  Your Committee finds that the current vehicle safety inspection decals that were approved for use by the Department of Transportation can easily be altered by using common items like acetone-based nail polish remover.  Your Committee finds that the ability to alter vehicle safety inspection decals allows individuals to change or erase expiration dates and makes it difficult for law enforcement to enforce vehicle safety inspections.  This measure requests immediate action to correct this issue.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 122 and recommends that it 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