CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 80-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2442

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2442, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the counties to take into custody any abandoned vehicle on a public road within a certain time after abandonment;

(2) Amend the requirement that the appropriate county shall provide written notice to the registered owner of an abandoned vehicle to apply only to abandoned vehicles that have been reported stolen;

(3) Amend the conditions for a county determination that an abandoned vehicle constitutes a derelict vehicle; and

(4) Repeal the requirement that abandoned vehicles be disposed of by public auction.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing language requiring the Department of Transportation to adopt rules to carry out the removal and disposition of abandoned vehicles;

(2) Specifying that the counties are required to take into custody any abandoned vehicle on a public road within ten business days;

(3) Allowing, rather than requiring, the disposition of abandoned vehicles by public auction;

(4) Deleting language that would have limited the application of the requirement to provide written notice to the registered owner only if the abandoned vehicle had been reported stolen;

(5) Amending the conditions that determine whether a vehicle is a derelict vehicle to include removal of any part;

(6) Changing its effective date to upon approval; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2442, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2442, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Chair	____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO Co-Chair
____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Co-Chair	____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Co-Chair