STAND. COM. REP. NO.  330

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 602

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 602 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to work towards ensuring that all motor vehicles in Hawaii are registered and insured by prohibiting a towing operator from releasing a towed motor vehicle unless the party recovering the vehicle provides proof that the motor vehicle is currently registered and insured.

 

     State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Specifying that the proof of registration and insurance requirement does not apply when a towing company is:

 

          (A)  Releasing a damaged or recovered-theft vehicle to a licensed salvage processor or body shop; or

 

          (B)  Otherwise releasing a vehicle at the direction of an insurer;

 

 

 

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion; and

 

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 H.B. No. 602, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 602, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair