Bill Text: HI HB335 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Emergency Vehicle; Audible Signals
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - Referred to TRN, JUD, referral sheet 3 [HB335 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-HB335-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to emergency vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The exemptions granted in subsection
(b) to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when the vehicle is
making use of authorized audible [and] or visual signals, except
as otherwise provided by county ordinance. This subsection shall not apply to
police vehicles."
SECTION 2. Section 291C-65, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Except as otherwise provided by
county ordinance, upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency
vehicle making use of audible [and] or visual signals, the driver
of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive
to a position clear of any intersection and parallel to, and as close as
possible to, the right hand edge or curb of the highway or the nearest edge or
curb when the highway has multiple lanes or when the highway is a divided
highway or one-way street and shall stop and remain in such position until the
authorized emergency vehicle [is] has passed, except as otherwise
directed by a police officer."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Emergency Vehicle; Audible Signals
Description:
Allows emergency vehicles discretion to use either authorized audible or visual signals when responding to an emergency. Requires vehicles to yield to emergency vehicles using either an audible or visual signal.
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