Bill Text: HI SB2901 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Highway Safety; Motor Vehicle Safety Law
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-26 - Act 142, 6/24/2014 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245). [SB2901 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2901-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to amend or delete any statutes or provisions containing federal requirements that are currently addressed in Hawaii Administrative Rules or otherwise deemed unnecessary.
SECTION 2. Section 286-207, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§286-207 Exemptions, certain vehicles. This part shall not apply to the following vehicles, if such vehicles are in compliance with safety ordinances and rules of the county in which they operate and other applicable state safety laws and rules:
[(1) The type of passenger carrying vehicle
known as a "sampan bus" within a radius of twenty miles from the city
of Hilo, Hawaii;
(2) Station wagons for the carriage of property;
(3)] (1) Trucks, truck-trailers, trailers, or other nonpassenger
carrying equipment having a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or
less, except vehicles used in transporting material found by the United States
Secretary of Transportation to be hazardous under 49 U.S.C. section 5103 and
transported in a quantity requiring placarding under 49 C.F.R., Subtitle B,
Chapter I, Subchapter C;
[(4)] (2) Taxicabs as described
in section 271-5(3)(B);
[(5) Passenger
carrying vehicles with a seating capacity of nine or less used for the
transportation of employees to and from the jobsite;]
[(6)] (3) Passenger carrying
vehicles used by employees solely for their own transportation to, from, and
during work;
[(7)] (4) Passenger carrying
vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less used in car or
van pools to transport less than sixteen individuals for the movement of
passengers to and from work;
[(8)] (5) A passenger carrying
vehicle used for the transportation, without compensation, of persons for [private,]
personal, recreational, or entertainment purposes;
[(9)] (6) A passenger carrying vehicle with a gross vehicle
weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less used solely for the transportation,
without compensation, of the vehicle owner, the vehicle owner's family or
guests;
[(10)] (7) A passenger carrying vehicle with a gross vehicle weight
rating of 10,000 pounds or less used for the transportation, without
compensation, of persons for the furtherance of their physical or mental
rehabilitation or for social welfare activities."
SECTION 3. Section 286-202.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
"[§286-202.6 Marking of motor
carrier vehicles. (a) Notwithstanding the requirements in 49 Code
of Federal Regulations, Part 390.21, every motor carrier vehicle shall be
marked as specified in subsections (b), (c), and (d).
(b) The marking shall display the following
information:
(1) The name or trade name of the motor
carrier or company operating the motor carrier vehicle;
(2) If the name of any person other than
the operating motor carrier or company appears on the motor carrier vehicle,
the information required by paragraph (1) shall be displayed and preceded by
the words "operated by";
(3) The gross vehicle weight, gross vehicle
weight rating, or gross combination weight rating; and
(4) Other identifying information may be
displayed on the motor carrier vehicle if it is not inconsistent with the
information required by this subsection.
(c) The marking shall:
(1) Appear on both sides of the motor
carrier vehicle;
(2) Be in letters that contrast sharply in
color with the background on which the letters are placed;
(3) Be readily legible during daylight
hours, from a distance of fifty feet (15.24 meters) while the motor carrier
vehicle is stationary; and
(4) Be kept and maintained in a manner that
retains the legibility required by paragraph (3).
(d) The marking may be painted or
permanently affixed on the motor carrier vehicle.
(e) A motor carrier or company operating a
motor carrier vehicle under a rental agreement having a term in excess of
thirty calendar days shall meet the requirements of this section.]"
SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Highway Safety; Motor Vehicle Safety Law
Description:
Amends or deletes statutes containing federal requirements that are addressed in Hawaii Administrative Rules.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
