STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3455

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2674

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2674, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to expedite the motor vehicle registration process by requiring that any authorization by a county director of finance for electronic motor vehicle registration shall apply to all motor vehicles.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Matson, Inc; Servco Pacific, Inc.; Hawaii Transportation Association; and B and C Trucking Co., Ltd.

Your Committee finds that commercial motor vehicle registration is a time-consuming process. This measure allows the counties to take advantage of modern technology by authorizing the use of an electronic method for motor vehicle registration of all types of motor vehicles. Your Committee further finds that most commercial motor vehicles operate in combination with a trailer or intermodal equipment, such as a shipping container, which must also be registered. Implementing e-registration for trailers and intermodal equipment would further the intent of this measure to save companies time and cost. As such, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding language that also allows trailers and intermodal equipment to be electronically registered;

(2) Inserting an effective date of January 1, 2021; and

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

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, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2674, H.D. 1, S.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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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair