CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 176-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2714

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2714, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

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 exclude the weight of disability access modifications, such as lifts and ramps, from the determination of net weight for non-commercial vehicles for the purpose of levying state and county motor vehicle weight taxes.

Your Committee on Conference finds that making disability access modifications to one's home and vehicle, if a relative or oneself is or becomes disabled, can be very costly. The additional annual motor vehicle weight tax that one has to pay for the extra weight of disability access modifications to the vehicle is an additional, recurring cost that can be a significant financial burden. Your Committee on Conference further finds that not only will excluding the weight of disability access modifications from motor vehicle weight tax calculations provide relief for disabled individuals and their families, it will encourage the use of retrofitted personal vehicles in lieu of county-subsidized paratransit service, leading to substantial savings for taxpayers.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Re-inserting the preamble from the S.D. 1 version;

(2) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2019; and

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

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 S.B. No. 2714, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2714, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO Co-Chair	____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Chair
____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO Co-Chair
	____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO Co-Chair