HI SR195

Requests each county to consider reducing motor vehicle registration taxes and fees imposed by the county.

Identifies derelict and abandoned motor vehicles on Hawaii's roads and highways as an epidemic problem.

Notes that high annual motor vehicle registration taxes and fees create financial hardship for residents unable to pay and contribute to vehicle abandonment.

References Section 286-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which establishes the highway beautification and disposal of abandoned or derelict vehicles revolving fund, and notes a potential surplus exists in this fund.

Proposes that a 50 percent reduction in motor vehicle registration taxes and fees may help reduce vehicle abandonment and unregistered motor vehicle use in the State.