STAND. COM. REP. NO. 103-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: H.B. No. 2674

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2674 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide that any authorization by a county director of finance for an electronic method for motor vehicle registration, including the acceptance of any supplemental documents in electronic form, shall extend to all types of motor vehicles.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association; Hawaii Transportation Association; B and C Trucking Co., Ltd.; and Servco. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Matson.

Your Committee finds that the counties are responsible for the registration of motor vehicles in the State. The process of registering motor vehicles can be cumbersome, especially if an individual or business is registering multiple motor vehicles of different types. This measure will allow the counties to take advantage of modern technology by allowing the use of an electronic method for motor vehicle registration of all types of motor vehicles.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2674, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2674, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair