STAND. COM. REP. NO.643

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 302

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 302 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the counties to provide pro-rated refunds of registration fees when motor vehicle registrations are surrendered prior to their expiration date.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Honolulu Department of Customer Services.

Your Committee finds that there is no provision of law requiring that a county refund a portion of motor vehicle registration fees when the vehicle registration is surrendered prior to its expiration date.

Your Committee believes that since vehicle registration fees must be paid up front for an entire year, it is reasonable to require pro-rated reimbursements if the registration is surrendered earlier.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 302 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair