STAND. COM. REP. NO. 778-18

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2177, H.D. 1, 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, Mayor of the County of Maui, Maui County Council Chair, and two Councilmembers for the County of Maui supported this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2177, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair