STAND. COM. REP. NO. 958-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1412

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1412, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the counties to provide a minimum distance a vehicle must be moved within a specified timeframe after a vehicle is initially inspected for abandonment to avoid an official classification of abandonment.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one member of the Maui County Council, County of Maui Department of Environmental Management, County of Hawaii Department of Environmental Management, Hawaii Council of Mayors, Hawai‘i State Association of Counties, and eleven individuals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1412, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1412, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair