HI SCR239

Requests each county in Hawaii to consider reducing motor vehicle registration taxes and fees imposed at the county level

Cites derelict motor vehicle abandonment as an epidemic problem on Hawaii's roads and highways, linking increased registration costs to higher abandonment rates

Notes that a surplus exists in the highway beautification and disposal of abandoned or derelict vehicles revolving fund established under Hawaii Revised Statutes section 286-51

Suggests a fifty percent reduction in motor vehicle registration taxes and fees as a potential measure to reduce vehicle abandonment and unregistered vehicle use

Requires certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of each county and Chair of each county council