STAND. COM. REP. NO.  837-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2433

      H.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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2433, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY LICENSING ACT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the motor vehicle franchise laws by:

 

(1)  Allowing a licensed motor vehicle dealer to engage in business at multiple locations affiliated by common ownership within the same county;

 

(2)  Authorizing suspension, revocation, or denial of a manufacturer's or distributor's license or fines for failure to compensate a dealer for a recalled vehicle; and

 

(3)  Clarifying the rights and obligations of dealers, manufacturers, and distributors with respect to improvements and upgrades on dealers' facilities, dealers' performance standards, and access to dealers' business information.

 

      Global Automakers and Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers opposed this measure.  The Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board and Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2433, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair