STAND. COM. REP. NO. 342

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 233

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Transportation and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 233 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

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

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

     Your Committees find that currently, the registration of used cars or previously owned vehicles is the responsibility of the individual buyer, whereas the registration of new cars is commonly undertaken by the dealership under contracts with the respective county directors of finance.

     Your Committees further find that used car dealerships and rental car companies are increasing their sales of used cars in response to growing consumer demand.  Car dealers and rental car companies should be able to register used cars when the cars are sold in the same manner as new cars.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 233 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair