STAND. COM. REP. NO. 587

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 957
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 957, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend the Motor Vehicle
Insurance Benefits Task Force until June 30, 2000.

     The bill also requires the Task Force to develop a plan for
balancing the maximum coverage and benefits for victims of motor
vehicle accidents with the lowest possible cost for purchasers of
motor vehicle insurance.

     Your Committee finds that the Task Force was formed pursuant
to Act 251, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997.  The Task Force was
charged with developing a comprehensive plan with respect to a
multi-faceted overview of motor vehicle insurance in Hawaii.

     The Task Force, through no fault of its own, was unable to
present its plan as scheduled this past January because of delays
in gathering information that was essential to the Task Force's
Plan.

     This bill would provide the Task Force with the time it
needs to complete its Plan by June 30, 2000.


 
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     Your Committee has amended the bill by incorporating the
contents of S.B. No. 485, S.D. 1, into the bill.  Senate Bill No.
485, S.D. 1, provides public assistance recipients who received
medical services prior to July 1, 1994, and who continue to
receive such benefits with free no-fault insurance benefits.
This amendment reinstates public assistance recipients who were
removed from free no-fault insurance eligibility under Act 225,
Session Laws of Hawaii 1994.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
957, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 957, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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