STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1728-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.C.R. No. 108

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 108 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CHECK VEHICLE STATUS PRIOR TO TOWING TO ENSURE TOWING FEES OF STOLEN VEHICLES WILL NOT BE PASSED ON TO THE VICTIMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to prevent additional burdens from being placed upon victims of motor vehicle theft when they are made to pay the towing fines of their abandoned vehicle by urging the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) to check the status of an abandoned motor vehicle prior to towing.

A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Urging the Department of Public Safety Sheriffs, as well as HPD to check vehicle status prior to towing abandoned vehicles;

(2) Amending the title to read: "Urging the Honolulu Police Department and the Department of Public Safety Sheriffs to check vehicle status prior to towing to ensure towing fees of stolen vehicles will not be passed on to the victims"; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 108, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 108, H.D. 1.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair