STAND. COM. REP. NO. 337-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1625

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1625 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow an owner of a vehicle to designate a beneficiary to whom ownership of the vehicle will be transferred upon the owner's death.

One individual testified in support of this measure. The Hawaii Bankers Association testified in opposition.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Limiting the vehicles that may be designated to a beneficiary to vehicles unencumbered by a lien; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, and style.

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 H.B. No. 1625, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1625, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair