S.R. No. 19 Summary

• Requests the United States government to lease federally owned vacant lands to Hawaii for use as tow yards to store abandoned vehicles

• Identifies lack of suitable tow yard storage as a factor preventing counties from adequately addressing abandoned vehicles on public roads within the authorized ten-day towing period

• Authorizes the state to lease these federally owned lands to tow companies for storing abandoned vehicles until reclamation or auction

• Requires certified copies of the resolution be sent to the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Interior, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Hawaii's congressional delegation, the governor, all county mayors, and the Director of Transportation