STAND. COM. REP. NO. 121-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2596

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. 2596 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR VESSELS ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require certain vessel owners to apply for a certificate of title within twenty days of becoming an owner or within twenty days of establishing principal use of the vessel in waters of the State. This measure also establishes the information required in an application for a certificate of title, process for a transfer of vessel ownership and title, rights of a secured party, and rights of a purchaser other than a secured party.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, National Marine Manufacturers Association, National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, Boat History Report, Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation, and Boat Owners Association of the United States testified in support of this measure. The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest provided comments to this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2) 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. 2596, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2596, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair