STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2811

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3049

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3049 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide an additional funding source to assist the counties in addressing the growing problem of abandoned vehicles.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Assesses an importation fee on each motor vehicle imported into the State, with funds to be paid to the county that is the final destination of the vehicle; and

(2) Provides that the funds shall be used for the disposal of abandoned vehicles.

Your Committee did not receive any written comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that because the cost of abandoned vehicle disposal is borne by the respective counties, the additional county funds generated by this measure will help to minimize the impact of abandoned vehicle disposal.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3049, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3049, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair