Bill Text: HI SB2730 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 2730 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Driver License Reciprocity with Foreign Countries

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-19 - Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Takai, Thielen excused (2). [SB2730 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2730-Amended.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2730
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 286, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§286- Reciprocal licensing privileges. (a) A nonresident operator of a motor vehicle who is the holder of a current and valid international driving permit and license to operate a motor vehicle in the country in which the nonresident operator resides is not required to obtain a driver's license to operate a passenger car or truck, as those terms are defined in section 286-2, classified as category 3 under section 286-102, within this State, if the operator does not receive compensation for the operation of the category 3 passenger car or truck; provided that:

(1) The director determines that the standards of the other country for licensing operators correspond substantially to those of this State and that the other country extends the same privileges to persons licensed to operate motor vehicles by this State;

(2) The director and the other country have exchanged written agreements confirming the reciprocal extension of privileges to operate motor vehicles; and

(3) While operating a vehicle on public roadways, the nonresident operator shall possess the current and valid international driving permit and driver's license and shall present the permit and license to a law enforcement officer upon demand.

(b) The director shall publish on the department's public internet site a list of the countries for which reciprocal operating privileges have been extended and those that have been withdrawn. The most recent list shall be transmitted to the courts, county prosecuting attorneys, and county police chiefs.

SECTION 2. Section 286-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

["[~~§286-11] Driver's license reciprocity committee.~~ ~~(a)~~ The director shall establish a statewide driver's license reciprocity committee consisting of one representative from the department of transportation and the chief examiner of drivers of each county, or their designees. The committee shall convene whenever a foreign country makes a request for driver's license reciprocity.

~~(b) The statewide driver's license reciprocity committee shall evaluate the written knowledge and practical examination program of the foreign country requesting driver's license reciprocity.~~

(c) Members of the statewide driver's license reciprocity committee shall serve voluntarily and without compensation, but shall be paid reasonable allowances for travel and expenses that may be incurred as a result of the performance of their duties on the committee. The costs shall be paid by the department of transportation.

(d) In the event that there is available from the requesting foreign country an evaluation of that country's driver's license requirements prepared by another United States driver licensing agency or the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the statewide driver's license reciprocity committee shall conduct a comparison review of the evaluation and the State's driver licensing examination standards and submit a written recommendation to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular legislative session immediately subsequent to the review.

(e) If there is no such evaluation available from the requesting foreign country, the director may select from the statewide driver's license reciprocity committee the representative from the department of transportation and a county examiner of drivers representative to travel to the requesting foreign country, at the expense of the requesting foreign country, to inspect and examine the foreign country's driver's license examination program and advise the committee of their findings. The committee shall review the findings and submit a written recommendation to the legislature on whether the foreign country's driver's license examination standards correspond to Hawaii's driver's license examination standards no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular legislative session immediately subsequent to the travel and evaluation by the driver's license reciprocity committee.

~~(f) The director shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of this section.~~"]

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, 2034.

Report Title:

Driver License Reciprocity with Foreign Countries

Description:

Permits driver licensing reciprocity between Hawaii and foreign countries upon certain conditions. Repeals the driver's license reciprocity committee. Effective 01/01/34. (SD1)

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