STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3308

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 140

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 Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.R. No. 140 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF PERSONAL VEHICLE RENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation to convene a working group to conduct a study on the personal vehicle rental industry.

Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

Your Committee finds that improvements in communication technology has allowed private individuals to easily lease personal property and provide services without regard to laws and regulations. One of these new opportunities, known as peer-to-peer car sharing, is to rent personal vehicles to other individuals. Your Committee finds that this business model is currently unregulated, so there are no laws or rules to ensure that drivers are qualified or that vehicles meet insurance and vehicle safety standards.

Your Committee notes that no representatives from the peer-to-peer car sharing industry were requested to be invited to the working group.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requesting that the Department of Transportation include two representatives from the peer-to-peer car sharing industry in the working group; and

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

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 140, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 140, S.D. 1.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair