STAND. COM. REP. NO. 618

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 233

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 233 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the respective county directors of finance to enter into contracts with car dealerships and motor vehicle rental companies to register used motor vehicles.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association.

     Your Committee finds that currently, the registration of used motor vehicles or previously owned vehicles is the responsibility of the individual buyer, whereas the registration of new motor vehicles is commonly undertaken by the dealership under contracts with the respective county directors of finance.  This measure enables the county directors of finance to enter into contracts with car dealerships and motor vehicle rental companies to register used motor vehicles, which will help modernize the motor vehicle registration process throughout the State.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 233, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 233, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair