Bill Text: HI HB458 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Driver's Licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-03-25 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. [HB458 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2021-HB458-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	458
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 286-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§286-106  Expiration of licenses.  Every driver's license issued under this part, except for a provisional license issued under section 286-102.6 which shall expire on the date of the provisional licensee's nineteenth birthday, whether an original issuance or a renewal, shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than eight years after the date of the issuance of the license, unless sooner revoked or suspended; provided that:

     (1)  The license shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than four years after the date of the issuance if, at the time, the licensee is [twenty-four]:

          (A)  Twenty-four years of age or younger; or

          (B)  Seventy-two years of age or older but younger than eighty years of age; provided further that the licensee's driving record does not include two or more convictions of a moving traffic violation after the licensee attained the age of seventy-two years;

     (2)  The license shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than two years after the date of the issuance of the license if, at that time, the licensee is [seventy-two]:

          (A)  Seventy-two years of age or older[;] but younger than eighty years of age, and the licensee's driving record includes two or more convictions of a moving traffic violation after the licensee turned seventy-two years of age; or

          (B)  Eighty years of age or older; and

     (3)  If the licensee is a legal immigrant, the license shall expire no later than the licensee's authorized period of stay in the United States.

     The examiner of drivers may issue a license for a shorter period if the licensee has a physical condition or conditions that the examiner of drivers reasonably believes may impair the driver's ability to drive.

     As used in this section, "moving traffic violation" shall mean a violation of a statute, ordinance, or rule relating to traffic movement and control arising from the operation of a motor vehicle, including a commercial motor vehicle."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Driver's License; Expiration and Renewal; Kupuna

 

Description:

Extends the renewal period from two years to four years for licensees who are seventy-two years of age or older but younger than eighty years of age; provided their driving record does not include two or more moving traffic violation convictions after the licensee attained the age of seventy-two years.  Defines moving traffic violation.

 

 

 

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