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March 295 2022, HSAC Meeting Agenda Page ( 9 �ySP1EAS x w � z a coU Testimony of Councilmember Paltin (Maui County): Chop shop activity promotes an environment as described in the broken window theory. The broken windows theory states that if visible signs of crime or civil disorder goes untreated, citizens will withdraw from the community, causing a loss of informal social control and an increase in criminal activity for that area. Broken windows policing is the practice of regulating low-level crime to prevent widespread disorder from occurring by making neighborhoods appear to be more cared for. ...chop shop activity contributes significantly to the number of abandoned vehicles on the streets... Chop shop locations are known but are not being dealt with because low penalties make them low priority... Testimony of Councilmember Lee (Maui County) "There is currently no state statute covering the criminal misconduct of chop shop activity..." ...Hawaii had the third-highest motor vehicle theft rate in the nation. CPC amendments include: Making chop shop activity a class C felony rather than a misdemeanor;and Specifying that each act constitutes a separate offense. BILLS OF INTEREST TO HSAC HB 1411 HD2 SDI RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES. Requires that the transferee's and transferor's address be provided on the certificate of ownership when the title to a motor vehicle is transferred. Clarifies that the signature of the transferee and the signature of the transferor each serve as an attestation by that respective party as to the validity of the information on the certificate of ownership. Specifies that providing false or fraudulent information subjects a party to penalties. Passed First Reading;referred to TRN, CPC Reported from TRN as HD1;passed Second Reading;referred to CPC