STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1577

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 19

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation, to which was referred S.R. No. 19 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO LEASE FEDERALLY OWNED VACANT LAND TO THE STATE OF HAWAII TO BE USED AS TOW YARDS TO STORE ABANDONED VEHICLES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the United States government lease federally owned vacant land to the State to be used as tow yards to store abandoned vehicles.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committees find that vehicles abandoned on public roads are a nuisance and have the potential for environmental disaster and adverse impacts on human health and safety. Your Committees further find that the United States government has ownership of vacant land located in various parts of the State that may have the appropriate infrastructure necessary to store abandoned vehicles. This measure therefore requests that the United States government lease federally owned vacant land to the State to be used as tow yards to store abandoned vehicles.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 19 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation,

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair