Bill Text: HI HB2674 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Relating To Motor Vehicle Registration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-05-12 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. [HB2674 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2674-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2674

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 286-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Application for the registration of a vehicle shall be made upon the appropriate form furnished by the director of finance and shall contain the name, occupation, and address of the owner and legal owner; and, if the applicant is a member of the United States naval or military forces, the applicant shall give the organization and station[.]; provided that if the director of finance has authorized an electronic method for initial registration or registration renewal, including the acceptance of any supplemental documents in electronic form, the authorization shall extend to all types of motor vehicles, intermodal equipment, and trailers.  All applications shall also contain a description of the vehicle, including the name of the maker, the type of fuel for the use of which it is adapted (e.g., gasoline, diesel oil, liquefied petroleum gas), the serial or motor number, and the date first sold by the manufacturer or dealer, and such further description of the vehicle as is called for in the form, and such other information as may be required by the director of finance, to establish legal ownership.  A person applying for initial registration of a neighborhood electric vehicle shall certify in writing that a notice of the operational restrictions applying to the vehicle as provided in section 291C-134 are contained on a permanent notice attached to or painted on the vehicle in a location that is in clear view of the driver."

     SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2021.



 

Report Title:

Motor Vehicles; Registration

 

Description:

Provides that any authorization by a county director of finance for an electronic method of motor vehicle registration, including the acceptance of any supplemental documents in electronic form, shall extend to all types of motor vehicles, intermodal equipment, and trailers.  Takes effect on 1/1/2021.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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