STAND. COM. REP. NO. 79

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 713
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 713 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NEW MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A
     TEMPORARY NUMBER PLATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to make it more convenient for motorists to register their new
vehicles.

     Your Committee finds that temporary number plates may be
used on new vehicles, pending registration, for not more than
twenty days after purchase.  Your Committee further finds that
the twenty-day limit for utilization of temporary plates may be a
hardship on some persons due to work and other commitments.  Your
Committee also finds that registrants bringing their vehicles
from the Mainland have thirty days in which to complete State
registration.

     This bill proposes to extend the time period for the
registration of new motor vehicles from twenty to thirty days.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the City
and County of Honolulu.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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     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.
713 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to
the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair