Bill Text: HI HB1148 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Motor Vehicle Inspections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. [HB1148 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB1148-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. One objective of this Act is to provide the director of transportation greater authority over the motor vehicle inspection program so that the cost to a vehicle owner for an inspection, the fees collected from inspection stations, and the administration of the program can be changed by amending administrative rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. There is a need to upgrade the methods and procedures of state motor vehicle inspections, because the current system is inefficient in that legislation needs to be passed every time an inspection fee is amended.
This Act also clarifies the expiration date of the inspection certificate and the expiration date of a vehicle's insurance.
SECTION 2. Section 286-26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
"(e) Upon application for a certificate
of inspection to be issued for a vehicle, an inspection as prescribed by the
director under subsection (g) shall be conducted on the vehicle, and if the
vehicle is found to be in [a safe operating condition,] compliance
with the inspection requirements, a certificate of inspection shall be
issued upon payment of a fee to be determined by the director. The certificate
shall state [the] its effective date, [the termination] its
expiration date, the name of the [issuing] vehicle's
insurance carrier, the policy expiration date, and the policy number of the
motor vehicle insurance identification card for the inspected motor vehicle as
specified by section 431:10C-107 or determined from a certificate of
self-insurance issued by the state insurance commissioner, as specified by
section 431:10C-606, or state the information contained in the proof of
insurance card as specified by section 431:10G-106. [A] An
inspection sticker, authorized by the director, shall be affixed to the
vehicle at the time a certificate of inspection is issued. An inspection
sticker which has been lost, stolen, or destroyed shall be replaced without
reinspection by the inspection station that issued the original inspection sticker
upon presentation of the vehicle's current certificate of inspection; provided
that the current certificate of inspection and inspection sticker shall not
have expired at the time the replacement is requested. The director shall
adopt rules to determine the fee for replacement of lost, stolen, or destroyed
inspection stickers."
SECTION 3. Section 286-209, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§286-209 Safety inspection of motor carrier vehicles. (a) Motor carrier vehicles, including but not limited to trucks, truck-tractors, semitrailers, trailers, or pole trailers, having a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds, motor carrier vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or less which transport passengers in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise, including car rental transport vehicles, and motor carrier 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, shall be inspected and certified annually.
(b) The director shall adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 91 for the administration and enforcement of motor carrier
vehicle safety inspections, including the maximum inspection fee to vehicle
owners, fees collected from the stations, the issuance of certificates of
safety inspection, the affixing of motor carrier vehicle safety inspection [decals,]
stickers, and the acceptance of certificates of safety inspection issued
in other jurisdictions.
(c) The director shall collect a fee of $1.50
for each motor carrier vehicle safety inspection [decal] sticker
issued by motor carrier vehicle inspection stations[.], until
different fees established by administrative rules noted in subsection (b) are
in effect, at which time the fees adopted in the administrative rules shall
apply in lieu of said fee herein. All moneys [collected] received
by the department of transportation under this section shall be [paid]
deposited into the state highway fund.
(d) A fee of no more than $12 shall be charged
by a motor carrier inspection station for each safety inspection performed[.],
until the fee is established by administrative rules in subsection (b), at
which time the fee adopted in the administrative rules shall apply in lieu of
said fee herein.
(e) For the purposes of this section, "car rental transport vehicles" means motor carrier vehicles used to transport customers to or from car rental sites."
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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INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST
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Report Title:
Highway; Safety; Motor Vehicle Inspections; Motor Carrier Vehicle Inspections
Description:
Expands authority of the Director of Transportation over required motor vehicle and motor carrier vehicle inspections in the State. Upgrade the methods and procedures of state motor vehicle inspections because the current system is inefficient in that legislation needs to be passed every time an inspection fee is amended. Also, clarifies the distinction between the inspection certificate expiration data and the vehicle’s insurance expiration date.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
