Bill Text: HI HR158 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Resolution 158 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Vehicle Registration; Tax Credit

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-20 - (H) Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 50 [HR158 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HR158-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	158
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

urging the CITY AND county of honolulu to create a vehicle registration credit for residents who drive limited miles in their vehicle.

WHEREAS, the cost of vehicle registration has increased significantly in the past year and become a burden to our local families who rarely utilize their vehicles; and

WHEREAS, the City and County of Honolulu bases the majority of its vehicle registration fees on vehicle weight rather than miles driven; and

WHEREAS, most of the vehicle registration fees are spent on road repair and maintenance for those who spend significant time on the road; and

WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii currently has more than one million registered motor vehicles with users who have very disparate travel and use needs; and

WHEREAS, the cost of vehicle registration should be borne primarily by those who use spend the most time on Hawaii roads; and

WHEREAS, those residents who drive less make less use of our roads yet currently contribute the same amount in fees; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, that the City and County of Honolulu is urged to create a vehicle registration credit for residents who drive limited miles in their vehicle; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this credit apply for any resident who is registering their vehicle and can provide their two most recent safety inspections, at least 11 months apart, showing that less than 3000 miles were driven between the two inspections; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this credit shall equal a discount of ten percent of the total registration fee; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, the members of the Honolulu City Council, and the City and County of Honolulu Motor Vehicles, Licensing and Permitting Division.