Bill Text: HI SB935 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Expiration of Motor Vehicle Licenses
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-27 - The committee on JDL deferred the measure. [SB935 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-SB935-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that current law allows a person who has attained the age of seventy-one to renew a driver's license for a period of eight years; however, a person who has attained the age of seventy-two is only permitted to renew a driver's license for a two-year period. The result is that one person may renew a license at the age of seventy-one and will hold a valid license until the age of eighty, which is the first birthday eight years from date of issuance, while another person may renew a license at the age of seventy-two and will hold a valid license only until they reach the age of seventy-five, which is the first birthday two years from the date of issuance. The legislature finds that the current non-graduated driver's license expiration period is arbitrary.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to create a graduated system of driver's license renewal for persons of a certain age or older.
SECTION 2. Section 286-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§286-106 Expiration of licenses. (a) Every driver's license issued under this part, except for a provisional license issued under section 286-102.6 which shall expire on the date of the provisional licensee's nineteenth birthday, whether an original issuance or a renewal, shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than eight years after the date of the issuance of the license, unless sooner revoked or suspended; provided that:
(1) The license shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than four years after the date of the issuance if, at the time, the licensee is twenty-four years of age or younger;
[(2) The license shall expire on the first
birthday of the licensee occurring not less than two years after the date of
the issuance of the license if, at that time, the licensee is seventy-two years
of age or older; and]
(2) Any license issued to a person who is years of age or older, at the time, shall expire on the licensee's birthday, or two years from the date of issuance, whichever is later; provided that the licensee submits to the examiner of drivers a form, as provided by the examiner of drivers, signed by a qualified duly licensed medical practitioner within the previous thirty days certifying that the licensee meets the required medical qualifications for a driver's license; and
(3) If the licensee is a legal immigrant, the license shall expire no later than the licensee's authorized period of stay in the United States.
(b) The examiner of drivers may issue a license for a shorter period if the licensee has a physical condition or conditions that the examiner of drivers reasonably believes may impair the driver's ability to drive."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Expiration of Motor Vehicle Licenses; Issuance; Renewal; Age
Description:
Requires that a driver's license issued to a person who is an unspecified years of age or older, at the time of issuance, shall expire on the licensee's unspecified birthday, or two years from the date of license issuance, whichever is later in time. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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