STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2085

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2931

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.B. No. 2931 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:

(1)  Expand the authority of the Director of Transportation over required motor vehicle and motor carrier vehicle inspections in the State; and

(2)  Reduce the amount of insurance information required on an inspection certificate.

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

     Your Committee finds that this measure provides the Director of Transportation greater authority over the motor vehicle inspection program so that the cost to a vehicle owner for an inspection, the fees collected from inspection stations, and the administration of the program can be changed by amending administrative rules rather than amending statutes.  The current system of state motor vehicle inspections is inefficient in that legislation needs to be passed each time an inspection fee is changed.

     The measure also deletes all of the insurance information required to be placed on an inspection certificate except the insurance expiration date.  With the implementation of an electronic inspection form program, digital images of insurance cards can be made and stored by inspection stations.  The image is easily retrievable if an inspector is suspected of not checking the card or accepting a fraudulent card.  Placing only the expiration date on the inspection certificate minimizes the data entry required by inspectors while providing the most important data on the certificate.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2931, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2931, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Energy,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair