STAND. COM. REP. NO. 75

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 227

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 227 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VEHICLE SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a maximum fine for offenses where the certificate of inspection for vehicles or mopeds are expired for more than two years.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that worn or faulty components on motor vehicles and mopeds may fail while in operation and that regular safety inspections minimize the potential for component failure and increase safety for drivers, passengers, and the public. Your Committee further finds that existing penalties are insufficient to deter individuals from continuing to operate a vehicle or moped without a valid certificate of inspection.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Increasing the fines for the first offense and second offense within ten years of a prior offense to a maximum of $150 and $250, respectively;

(2) Inserting a savings clause;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(4) 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 Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 227, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 227, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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DARIUS KILA, Chair