STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2582

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2783

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2783 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REGISTRATION FEES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to aid disabled veterans by reducing the annual vehicle registration fee by fifty percent for disabled veterans who are fifty percent or more disabled.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Office of Veterans' Services, and one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committees find that existing law exempts veterans from paying annual vehicle registration fees so long as that veteran is determined to be one hundred percent disabled. However, there is no reduced annual vehicle registration fee for any veteran who is determined to be less than one hundred percent disabled. This measure will reduce the vehicle registration fee by fifty percent for veterans who are determined to be at least fifty percent disabled.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2783 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair