STAND. COM. REP. NO. 362-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2232

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. 2232 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT TAX,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exclude the weight of lifts and ramps, motors to operate them, and vehicle chassis reinforcements added to assist a person with a disability, from the determination of net weight of noncommercial motor vehicles for purposes of levying the state and county motor vehicle weight tax.

Disability and Communication Access Board testified in support of this measure. The Department of Transportation provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding a definition of "noncommercial motor vehicle" that mirrors the definition used for Commercial Driver License purposes;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050; and

(3) 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. 2232, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2232, 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