HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-03-09 Letter to Lorraine R. Inouye and Breene Harimoto HB 2598, HD1 Realting to Abandoned and Derelict Vehicles
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Roy Takemoto
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Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
March 9, 2020
Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair
Senator Breene Harimoto, Vice Chair
Committee on Transportation
Dear Chair Inouye, Vice Chair Harimoto, and Committee Members:
RE: HB 2598, HD1 Relating to Abandoned and Derelict Vehicles
On your agenda is HB 2598, HD1 dealing with abandoned vehicles. I thank the
Legislature for continuing to try to solve this perennial problem, and I want to express
my support.
HB 2598, HD1 would set up a Task Force to make recommendations. Since this
problem is one of long standing, and seems to affect every jurisdiction, maybe bringing
people together will result in some practical solutions. The bill calls for involvement of
the police departments, which is good; and I am pleased that a Mayor now, under HD1,
will be able to designate a representative from a county department that deals with the
actual disposal of vehicles, which in Hawaiʻi County is the Department of Environmental
Management.
Please give HB 2598, HD1 your favorable vote.
Respectfully Submitted,
Harry Kim
MAYOR