STAND. COM. REP. NO. 244
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 215
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. 215 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOWING COMPANIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Change the fees that a towing
company may charge to tow vehicles left unattended on private and public
property;
(2) Allow a towing company or parking
management company to charge a fee for the placement or removal of vehicle
immobilization devices; and
(3) Require that fees for the placement
or removal of vehicle immobilization devices be accepted from a vehicle owner
in cash, or by credit card or debit card, and a vehicle owner shall not be directed
to use an on-site automated teller machine in lieu of making payment by credit
card or debit card.
Your Committee received
testimony in support of this measure from one individual.
Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Hawaii Insurers Council.
Your Committee finds that this measure will grant struggling towing companies the flexibility to address the realities of towing and parking management.
Accordingly, your
Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting language that would have allowed towing companies to charge payment for the installation and removal of car immobilization devices;
(3) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and
(4) 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. 215, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 215, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts,
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________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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