STAND. COM. REP. NO. 301-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1411

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1411 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require that the transferee's and transferor's addresses be provided on the certificate of ownership when the title to a motor vehicle is transferred;

(2) Clarify that the signature of the transferee and the signature of the transferor each serve as an attestation by that respective party as to the validity of the information on the certificate of ownership; and

(3) Specify that providing false or fraudulent information subjects a party to penalties.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Council of Mayors, two members of the Kaua‘i County Council, County of Kaua‘i Department of Finance, County of Hawai‘i Department of Environmental Management, Sacred Heart Church Pahoa, Nanawale Community Association Board of Directors, and seven individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that more than eight thousand vehicles are abandoned in Hawaii every year, causing an eyesore in communities and creating a financial burden to the counties. This measure seeks to reduce the number of abandoned vehicles in the State by implementing more accountability and making it easier to track down the proper owner of an abandoned vehicle.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

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. 1411, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1411, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair