Bill Text: HI SB117 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Special Number Plates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB117 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB117-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to special number plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The legislature further finds that Carissa Kainani Moore should be recognized for her contributions as the world's first Olympic gold medalist in surfing, a multi-year women's surfing champion, and an advocate for numerous charitable causes, including her support of local surf clubs, gender equity, and awareness of eating disorders. She was inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame in 2014. It is therefore appropriate that Carissa Kainani Moore be honored with a special license plate to further promote her legacy of gender equity in sports and in all sectors.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to authorize the issuance of special number plates to recognize and honor Carissa Kainani Moore.
SECTION 2. Chapter 249, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§249- Special
number plates for Carissa Kainani Moore authorized. (a)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director of finance shall
issue to any registered owner of a motor vehicle, who is a resident of the
State, upon completed application and payment of required fees, a special number
plate for the registered owner's motor vehicle commemorating Carissa Kainani
Moore, to observe her contribution to Hawaii.
(b) The director of finance of the city and
county of Honolulu, in consultation with the directors of finance of the
counties of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii; the chiefs of police of the city and
county of Honolulu and the counties of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii; and the
executive director of Moore Aloha Charitable Foundation shall establish a
special number plate design that:
(1) Contains words, images, or
both, that indicate the special number plate is issued to recognize Carissa
Kainani Moore; provided that the director of finance of the city and county of
Honolulu may establish special number plate designs to jointly or separately recognize
Carissa Kainani Moore;
(2) Is similar in shape and size
to the uniform state number plate prescribed by law; and
(3) Does not obstruct the visibility of
the number or letters or any other information that is required by law to be on
a number plate and is readily identifiable and distinguishable under actual
traffic conditions.
(c) The special number plate design shall not:
(1) Infringe upon or otherwise violate
any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, or other proprietary or
property right;
(2) Represent any obscene or degrading
image, idea, word, or phrase;
(3) Advertise or endorse a product,
brand, or service that is provided for sale;
(4) Promote any religious belief; or
(5) Promote any philosophy based on
prejudice or that is contrary to state civil rights laws.
(d) Each
special number plate shall be securely fastened to the motor vehicle in
lieu of the uniform state number plate.
(e) The director of finance shall charge a special
number plate fee at least equal to the county's cost of providing the special
number plate and administrative costs, if any, plus a fundraising fee to be
determined by the director of finance in consultation with the executive
director of Moore Aloha Charitable Foundation.
The fundraising fee shall be in addition to any other state or county
fees collected for a motor vehicle registration or license plate.
(f)
The director of finance may charge an additional fundraising fee, of the
same or a different amount as the fundraising fee established pursuant to
subsection (e), for the renewal of a special number plate. If an additional fundraising fee is
implemented pursuant to this subsection, the director of finance shall not
renew and instead shall revoke the special number plate of the registered owner
of a motor vehicle who fails to pay the additional fundraising fee imposed by
this subsection.
(g) The revenue generated by the fundraising fees,
or a portion of the revenue generated by the fundraising fees as determined by
the director of finance, shall be deposited in the name of Moore Aloha
Charitable Foundation in a separate county budget account. The director of finance shall determine the
most efficient means of directing the net revenue generated by the fundraising
fees to Moore Aloha Charitable Foundation, as appropriate, to fund programs that promote gender equity across the State
while developing world class water athletes as a tribute to and in the spirit
of Carissa Kainani Moore.
(h) The director of finance may revoke all special
number plates issued pursuant to this section if the total number of registered
owners of motor vehicles who obtain the special number plates is less than one
hundred fifty within three years of issuance of the first special number plate.
(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
apply to any plates issued pursuant to section 249-9.2.
(j) For the purposes of this section, unless a
different meaning appears from the context, "special number plate"
means a license plate that commemorates Carissa Kainani Moore."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Special Number Plates; Carissa Kainani Moore; Motor Vehicles; Moore Aloha Charitable Foundation
Description:
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Carissa Kainani Moore.
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