STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2360

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 652

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 652 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of special number license plates for members of the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Wing, Civil Air Patrol, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that members of the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol should have license plates that indicate their profession. In times of emergency, vehicles bearing this license plate can be quickly identified by police and allowed through barriers efficiently to conduct their missions. Therefore, the purpose of this measure is to, in lieu of the number plates contracted on behalf of the counties by the Director of Finance of the City and County of Honolulu, provide, for a fee, one set of special number plates upon the receipt of an application together with specific proof that the applicant was or is a member of the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol.

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 S.B. No. 652 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair