STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3545

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 970

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 970, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, 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 address the motor vehicle inspection program.

     Specifically, this measure:

     (1)  Reduces the insurance information that a motor vehicle inspection station must document on an inspection certificate; and

     (2)  Authorizes the Director of Transportation to adopt administrative rules for the administration and enforcement of the motor vehicle inspection program.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

     Your Committee finds that authorizing the Director of Transportation to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will allow the motor vehicle inspection program to operate more efficiently by providing a more expeditious means for amending program requirements while also allowing for public input.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making conforming amendments to section 286-210, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to reflect usage of the term "inspection sticker," instead of "decal."

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 970, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 970, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair