Bill Text: HI HB2352 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Motor Vehicle Inspections; Motor Carrier Vehicle Inspections
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-26 - The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB2352 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB2352-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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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. There is a need to upgrade the methods and procedures of State inspections because the current system is inefficient in that legislation is required every time an inspection fee is amended. The objective of this Act is to provide the director of transportation greater authority over the motor carrier 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.
This Act also reduces the amount of insurance information required on an inspection certificate. This will reduce data entry requirements for inspectors without degrading the function of checking insurance cards. Digital images of the cards will be stored for easy retrieval should a need for additional information arise.
The Act also withdraws the opportunity to replace lost, stolen, or destroyed inspection stickers without reinspection.
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 [effective
date, the termination date, the name of the issuing insurance carrier, and the
policy number of] insurance expiration date shown on the motor
vehicle insurance identification card for the inspected motor vehicle as specified by section 431:10C-107, a certificate
of self-insurance issued by the state insurance commissioner, or state the
information contained in the proof of insurance card as specified by section
431:10G-106. A validation 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 cost to vehicle owners, fees collected from the stations, the
issuance of certificates of safety inspection, the affixing of motor carrier vehicle safety inspection decals, 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 issued by motor
carrier vehicle inspection stations.] All moneys [collected] received
by the department of transportation 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.]
[(e)] (d)
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 |
Report Title:
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.
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