STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2678

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2693

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 S.B. No. 2693 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VEHICLE INSPECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve vehicle safety by codifying certain certification, renewal, and violation processes of vehicle inspectors who conduct vehicle safety inspections under the Department of Transportation of the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Transportation and Department of Customer Services.

Your Committee finds that there is no statutory requirement in the Hawaii Revised Statutes, which standardizes the supervision and certification of vehicle inspectors. This measure requires the Director of Transportation to determine the minimum standards, certification, renewal, and violation processes for vehicle inspectors in the State. Your Committee finds that a financial penalty can be harsh on an inspector and that the threat of suspension of certificate would be sufficient to prevent unwanted behavior. Your Committee further finds that a first-time inspector's certification should last for a period of four years, then must be renewed every two years thereafter.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the language levying fines on inspectors who are not properly conduction inspections; and

(2) Extending the time a first time inspector certificate lasts from two to four years.

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 S.B. No. 2693, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2693, 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