STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1396-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2714

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2714, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT TAX,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to exclude the weight of disability access modifications from the determination of net weight for non-commercial vehicles for purposes of levying the State and county motor vehicle weight tax.

 

     The Department of Transportation, Disability and Communication Access Board, and a few concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Tax Foundation of Hawaii commented on this measure.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2714, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair