STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1347
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2017
RE: S.B. No. 288
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2017
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 288, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to modernize Hawaii's self-service storage facilities law by:
(1) Allowing self-service storage facility owners to tow motor vehicles and boats after sixty or more days of delinquency provided that appropriate notice is given;
(2) Allowing self-service storage facility owners to publish notices of sales and send other notices to occupants by electronic mail and other commercially reasonable methods;
(3) Allowing self-service storage facility owners to limit their liability to the maximum monetary value of property that may be stored pursuant to a rental agreement; and
(4) Requiring any late fees charged by self-service storage facility owners to be provided for in the rental agreement.
Your Committee has amended this measure by requiring the owner of a self-service storage facility to provide at least fifteen days notice prior to towing an occupant's vehicle or boat.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 288, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 288, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair |
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