STAND. COM. REP. NO. 959-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1413

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. 1413, 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:

(1) Authorize a county director of finance to require payment of outstanding charges and fines relating to the disposition of an abandoned vehicle before issuing a certificate of registration or completing a transfer of ownership, except under certain circumstances; and

(2) Require a county director of finance to notify the appropriate county examiner of drivers of the individuals who have outstanding charges and fines owed to the county relating to the disposition of an abandoned vehicle for the purposes of suspending, revoking, or prohibiting the renewal of their driver's licenses.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one member of the Maui County Council, Department of Finance of the County of Kaua‘i, Department of Environmental Management of the County of Hawai‘i, Department of Environmental Management of the County of Maui, Kauai Police Department, Hawaii Council of Mayors, Hawai‘i State Association of Counties, and ten 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. 1413, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1413, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair