Bill Text: HI HB2020 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Traffic Regulation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-06-01 - (H) Act 153, on 6/1/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 370). [HB2020 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2020-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO COUNTIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 46-15.9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, any county and its authorized personnel may impose and enforce
traffic laws and shall enforce chapters 249; 286 [and]; 287;
291; 291C; 291E; 431, articles 10C and 10G; and 486, part III on
public streets, roads, or highways whose ownership is in dispute between the
State and the county."
SECTION 2. Section 46-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§46-16 Traffic regulation and control
over private streets. Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, any county and its authorized personnel may impose and enforce
traffic regulations and place appropriate traffic control devices, and may
enforce chapters 249; 286 [and]; 287; 291; 291C[,];
291E; 431, articles 10C and 10G; and 486, part III on the following
categories of private streets, highways, or thoroughfares, except private roads
used primarily for agricultural and ranching purposes:
(1) Any private street, highway, or thoroughfare which has been used continuously by the general public for a period of not less than six months; provided that the county shall not be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the private street, highway, or thoroughfare when it imposes or enforces traffic regulations and highway safety laws or places or permits to be placed appropriate traffic control devices on that street, highway, or thoroughfare; provided further that no adverse or prescriptive rights shall accrue to the general public when the county imposes or enforces traffic regulations and highway safety laws or places appropriate traffic control devices on that street, highway, or thoroughfare; nor shall county consent to the placement of traffic control signs or markings on a private street be deemed to constitute control over that street; and
(2) Any private street, highway, or thoroughfare which is intended for dedication to the public use as provided in section 264-1 and is open for public travel but has not yet been accepted by the county."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Traffic Regulation
Description:
Expands county enforcement of traffic regulations on public streets, roads, or highways whose ownership is in dispute between the State and the county, and on private streets, highways, or thoroughfares, to include laws relating to county vehicular taxes, motor vehicle safety responsibility, traffic violations, use of intoxicants while operating a vehicle, motor vehicle insurance, motorcycle and motor scooter insurance, and odometers. Effective upon its approval. (HB2020 CD1)
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