Bill Text: HI SB2103 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Special License Plates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-05-11 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Thielen excused (1). [SB2103 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2103-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. 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 Polynesian
Voyaging Society authorized. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
director of finance shall issue to any registered owner of an electric 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 electric
vehicle commemorating the Polynesian Voyaging Society.
(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 board of
directors of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, shall establish a special number
plate design that:
(1) Contains words,
images, or both, that indicate the special number plate is issued to recognize the
Polynesian Voyaging Society;
(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 numbers 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 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 electric 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 board of directors of the Polynesian
Voyaging Society. 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 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 the Polynesian Voyaging
Society in a separate county budget account. The director of finance shall determine the most
efficient means of directing the revenue generated by the fundraising fees to
the Polynesian Voyaging Society.
(h) The director of finance may revoke all special
number plates issued pursuant to this section if the total number of registered
owners of electric vehicles that 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 as to
apply to any plates issued pursuant to sections 249-9.2 or 249-9.5.
(j) For the purposes of this section, unless a different meaning appears from the context, "special number plate" means a license plate that represents the Polynesian Voyaging Society."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Special Number License Plates; Polynesian Voyaging Society; Electric Vehicles
Description:
Authorizes the issuance of special number electric vehicle license plates to commemorate the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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