Bill Text: HI SB2104 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. [SB2104 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2104-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 286-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "Motorcycle" to read as follows:
""Motorcycle" means:
(1) Every motor vehicle that has a handlebar and seating that requires the operator to straddle or sit astride on it and is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excludes a farm tractor and a moped; or
(2) Every motor vehicle that has a steering wheel or handlebar and seating that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride on it, and is designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, called an autocycle which is certified by the manufacturer to comply with all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as of the date of manufacture."
SECTION 2. Section 286-81, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) A safety helmet shall not be required for any person who operates or rides as a passenger on a motorcycle or motor scooter; provided that the motorcycle or motor scooter:
(1) Has three wheels;
(2) Is powered by an electric motor;
(3) Has a partial or full body enclosed cab; and
(4) Has a seat belt assembly or a child restraint system for the driver and passenger;
and the operator and passenger uses the seat belt or child restraint system pursuant to sections 291-11.5 and 291-11.6."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Transportation; Electric Powered Vehicles; Three Wheels
Description:
Requires that a person operating electric powered vehicles designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, steered with handlebars, and that meets certain conditions has a driver's license. (SD1)
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