STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2231

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2256

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.B. No. 2256 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to eliminate the exemption U-drive motor vehicles have with regard to the additional fee on certificate of registrations that goes toward the highway beautification and disposal of abandoned or derelict vehicles revolving fund.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Office of the Mayor, County of Maui; Maui County Council Chair Mike White; Maui County Councilmember Riki Hokama; Department of Finance, County of Maui; County of Maui Department of Environmental Management; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that abandoned and derelict cars discarded on Hawaii roads mar the beauty of the State and pose a danger to the public by creating unsafe driving conditions. The fees implemented by this measure will help defray the costs of disposing abandoned or derelict vehicles. In addition, U-drive motor vehicles share the road alongside other vehicles, and thus should contribute equally to highway beautification; this measure would lead to U-drive motor vehicles and other vehicles paying equal fees.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2256 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair