STAND. COM. REP. NO. 85

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 667

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 667 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to eliminate the requirement of a front license plate for vehicles in Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu and four individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Honolulu Police Department and Department of Transportation.

 

     Your Committee finds that removing the requirement of a front license plate can reduce the counties' expense to purchase license plates by fifty percent and reduce the counties' storage requirements, but may prevent the rollout of red light cameras at intersections or other means of vehicle identification.

 

     Your Committee has heard the concerns noted in the testimony of the Honolulu Police Department and Department of Transportation.  However, your Committee feels this measure merits further discussion to see if solutions are possible.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     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. 667, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 667, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair