Bill Text: HI HB2286 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-29 - Referred to TRN, JUD, referral sheet 9 [HB2286 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2286-Introduced.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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. Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part V to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§291C- Heavy trucks; left lane; interstate
highways; prohibition. (a) A heavy truck shall be prohibited from driving
in the left-most lane of an interstate highway.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a heavy truck
shall be allowed to drive in the left-most lane of an interstate highway:
(1) When a lane other than the left-most lane
of an interstate highway is closed by law enforcement officers or emergency
services personnel because of a traffic incident, a traffic accident, or an
emergency road situation;
(2) In an area which the director of
transportation designates as unsafe, by rules adopted in accordance with
chapter 91; or
(3) Where there is only a single lane for
traffic in each direction.
(c) The director of transportation shall have the
authority to declare an emergency to allow heavy trucks to use the left-most
lane of an interstate highway.
(d) For the purposes of this section:
"Heavy
truck" means any motor vehicle having a gross vehicle weight of ten
thousand pounds or more that is designated or used primarily for the carriage
of property other than the personal effects of the driver or passengers and
shall include a motor vehicle to which has been added a box, platform, or other
equipment for such carriage. A heavy truck does not include an emergency
vehicle or mass transit vehicle as defined in section 291-11.6.
"Interstate
highway" means any highway that is part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower national
system of interstate and defense highways."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Heavy Trucks; Driving in Left-Most Lane; Director of Transportation
Description:
Prohibits
heavy trucks from driving in the left-most lane of an interstate freeway except
when there is a traffic accident or emergency road situation, in an unsafe
area, or where there is a single-lane highway.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
