STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2872

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3121

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3121, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish within the disability and communication access board special fund an accessible parking special account.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Establishes within the disability and communication access board special fund the accessible parking special account;

(2) Requires that all costs associated with the statewide parking program for persons with disabilities be paid using moneys appropriated from the accessible parking special account of the disability and communication access board special fund;

(3) Requires the disability and communication access board to administer the special account;

(4) Requires that $1 from each annual motor vehicle registration fee be deposited into the special account; and

(5) Increases from $45 to $46 the annual vehicle registration fee.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that an accessible parking special account within the disability and communication access board special fund is an appropriate funding mechanism for the parking program for persons with disabilities. Your Committee also finds that the special account will enable the program to be more self-sufficient.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3121, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3121, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair