Bill Text: HI HB118 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Traffic Fines.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-06 - Act 239, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1342). [HB118 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-HB118-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TRAFFIC FINES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The legislature also finds that Act 250, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, established the state highway enforcement program, which added a surcharge for illegal parking violations. Act 250 required that fifty per cent of the surcharge revenue be distributed to county police departments, which are vital to the enforcement of parking violations but have limited resources.
The purpose of this Act is to clarify that counties may, by ordinance, designate county highways where the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles are restricted or prohibited.
SECTION 2. Chapter 46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§46- Prohibitions
or restrictions on stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on county
highways. Each county, by ordinance, may prohibit or
restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles by designating specific
sections of county highways that shall be subject to section 291C-lll;
provided that any federal or state agency authorizing a road closure shall
preempt a county ordinance. Upon adoption
of the ordinance, the county shall submit to the judiciary notice of the
adoption of the ordinance and a copy of the ordinance."
SECTION 3. Section 291C-111, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c)
Any person committing a violation of any law or ordinance prohibiting
or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on state highways
or designated county highways shall be charged, in addition to any other
applicable penalties and fines, a state highway enforcement program surcharge
of $200 to be enforced and collected by the district courts and to be deposited
into the state highway fund; provided that fifty per cent of each surcharge
collected shall be disbursed to the police department of the county in which
the violation occurred."
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
Report Title:
Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; Statewide Traffic Code; Exception; Ordinances; County Highways
Description:
Clarifies that each county may, by ordinance, designate certain sections of county highways as areas in which stopping, standing, or parking vehicles is prohibited or restricted. Provides that any federal or state agency authorizing a road closure shall supersede a county ordinance. (SD2)
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