STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1063-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: H.B. No. 2442
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2442, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Require the counties to take custody and
dispose of abandoned vehicles within 10 business days;
(2) Remove the requirement that written
notice be sent to the abandoned vehicle's owner;
(4) Amend the allowable
circumstances for waiving public auction requirements by authorizing the
designated county agency to waive the requirements in any case; and
(5) Specify that a vehicle shall be considered
derelict if there is no current registration for the vehicle.
The Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the
Democratic Party of Hawaii, Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee, and
three individuals testified in support of this measure. The County of Hawaii Department of
Environmental Management testified in opposition. The City and County of Honolulu Department of
Customer Services and Kauai Police Department provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the requirement that the counties dispose of abandoned vehicles within 10 business days; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2442, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2442, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair |
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