STAND. COM. REP. NO. 120-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1758

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 Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1758 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reduce the frequency of motor vehicle safety inspections for vehicles ten years of age or newer from every twelve months to every twenty-four months, and to double the inspection fee for the two-year motor vehicle inspection safety check.

The Maui Police Department and one concerned individual testified in support of this measure. The Department of Transportation testified in opposition to this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requiring that vehicles six years of age or newer pass a safety inspection every two years;

(2) Requiring that vehicles older than six years of age pass a safety inspection every year;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1758, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1758, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair