STAND. COM. REP. NO. 484
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 1216
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 1216 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Condition the issuance of a certificate
of inspection upon a vehicle not being equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust
system;
(2) Require rules regarding safety check
inspections to ensure that a motorcycle, moped, or motor vehicle is not
equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust system;
(3) Suspend, revoke, or refuse renewal
of a permit for an official inspection station upon a third or subsequent
wilful violation of any rule regarding inspecting a noisy muffler or exhaust
system;
(4) Increase the maximum fine for motorcycle
and moped owners that violate noisy muffler laws; and
(5) Include repairing or installing a
noisy muffler or exhaust system as a prohibited practice for motor vehicle
repair laws.
Your Committee received
testimony in support of this measure from three individuals.
Your Committee received testimony in
opposition to this measure from Hawaiian Style Rentals and Sales.
Your Committee finds that many residents throughout the State have complained of the growing noise pollution and disturbances from loud mufflers on motor vehicles, which are often outfitted with aftermarket parts to exceed factory settings. To protect public health and safety, while improving the quality of life for all residents, this measure enhances existing muffler laws by increasing minimum and maximum fines for violations and increases enforcement efforts.
Your Committee has
amended this measure by:
(1) Changing every fine to
an unspecified amount;
(2) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to
encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1216, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1216, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts,
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