Bill Text: HI HB2533 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Motor Vehicles; State Registration Fee; Penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-01 - Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 5 [HB2533 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-HB2533-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to motor vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the cost of living in Hawaii is one hundred sixty-five per cent of the national average while Hawaii has the lowest national adjusted-average income, $22,108. The total cost of vehicle registration in Hawaii, including the vehicle weight tax and county taxes and fees, is among the three most expensive in the United States and Hawaii taxpayers suffer from a significant tax and fee burden.
The purpose of this Act is to reduce the annual motor vehicle registration fee from $45 to $20 while making up for the shortfall in revenue to the State by raising the fine for driving without a valid motor vehicle registration.
SECTION 2. Section 249-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§249-31 State registration fee. (a) All vehicles and motor vehicles in the State as
defined in section 249-1, including antique motor vehicles, except as otherwise
provided in sections 249-4, 249-6, and 249-31.5, shall be subject to a [$45]
$20 annual vehicle registration fee. The fee shall be paid each year
together with all other taxes and fees levied by this chapter on a staggered
basis as established by each county as authorized by section 286-51, and the
state registration for that county shall likewise be staggered so that the
state registration fee is due and payable at the same time and shall be
collected together with the county fee. The state registration fee shall be
deemed delinquent if not paid with the county registration fee. The respective
counties shall collect this fee together with the vehicle registration tax
collected for the county and shall transfer the moneys collected under this
section to the State.
(b) From each annual motor vehicle
registration fee, the director shall deposit [$40] $20 into the
state highway fund and $5 into the emergency medical services special fund."
SECTION 3. Section 249-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§249-34 Delinquent penalties; seizure and sale for tax and fee. Any tax or fee imposed under sections 249-31 and 249-33 for any year and not paid when due shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 249-10. In addition, any person who knowingly operates a motor vehicle, for which the state registration fee is delinquent, upon public highways of this State, shall be fined not less than $150 and not more than $500."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.
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Report Title:
Motor Vehicles; State Registration Fee; Penalties.
Description:
Reduces the annual motor vehicle registration fee and increases penalties for knowingly operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway with delinquent registration.
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