STAND. COM. REP. NO. 302-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2177

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. 2177 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist the State Department of Transportation and the counties in paying for the upkeep of highways under their jurisdiction, including the removal of abandoned or derelict vehicles, by making highway beautification fees consistent for all motor vehicles. Specifically, this measure applies the same fee and any county fee increases to U-drive vehicles as to all other motor vehicles.

The Department of Transportation, Council Chair of the Maui County Council, and two members of the Maui County Council testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

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. 2177, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2177, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair