Bill Text: HI HB970 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Highway; Safety; Motor Vehicle Inspections; Motor Carrier Vehicle Inspections
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-04-29 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-29-16 at 4:30PM in Conference Room 225. [HB970 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-HB970-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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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. The purpose 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 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 insurance cards will be stored for easy retrieval should a need for additional information arise.
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]:
(1) The insurance expiration date shown on
the motor vehicle insurance identification card for the inspected motor vehicle
as specified by section 431:10C-107 or as determined from a certificate of
self-insurance issued by the state insurance commissioner as specified by
section 431:10C-606; or [state the]
(2) 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 by amending subsections (b), (c), and (d) to read as follows:
"(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 initially collect
a fee of $1.50 for each motor carrier vehicle safety inspection [decal] sticker
issued by motor carrier vehicle inspection stations[.], then collect
the maximum inspection fee when the fee is established by administrative rules
pursuant to subsection (b). All moneys [collected] received by
the department of transportation pursuant to this section shall be [paid]
deposited into the state highway fund.
(d) A fee of no more than $12 shall initially
be charged by a motor carrier inspection station for each safety inspection
performed[.], then no more than the maximum inspection fee shall be
charged when the fee is established by administrative rules pursuant to
subsection (b)."
SECTION 4. Section 286-210, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§286-210 Operation of a motor carrier
vehicle without a safety inspection [decal.] sticker.
Whoever operates, permits the operation of, causes to be operated, or parks any
motor carrier vehicle on a public highway without a current motor carrier
vehicle safety inspection [decal,] sticker, issued under section
286-209, shall be fined $100 for each day of the violation."
SECTION 5. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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 including the authority to adopt rules to set fees. (SD2)
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