Bill Text: HI SB1143 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Funding For Parking For Disabled Persons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session. [SB1143 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB1143-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION
1. Chapter 291, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended by adding to part III a new section to be appropriately designated
and to read as follows:
"§291-
Costs. Beginning
July 1, 2022, all costs associated with the statewide parking program for
persons with disabilities shall be appropriated from the accessible parking
special account established under section 348F-
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SECTION
2. Chapter 348F, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read
as follows:
"§348F-
Accessible parking
special account. (a) The disability and communication access board
shall establish and administer an accessible parking special account within the
disability and communication access board special fund established under
section 348F-7. The accessible parking
special account shall accept funds pursuant to section 249-31. All interest earned or accrued on such moneys
shall become part of the special account.
(b)
Moneys in the accessible parking special
account shall be expended to cover the costs to administer the statewide
parking program for persons with disabilities under part III of chapter 291.
(c)
From each annual motor vehicle
registration fee collected pursuant to section 249-31 (b), $1 shall be
deposited into the accessible parking special account established under
subsection (a)."
SECTION
3. Section 249-31, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§249-31 State registration fee. (a) All vehicles and motor vehicles in the State
as defined in section 249-1, including antique motor vehicles, except as
otherwise provided in sections 249-4, 249-6, and 249-31.5, shall be subject to
a [$45] $46 annual vehicle registration fee; provided that
electric vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles shall pay an annual vehicle
registration surcharge fee of $50, which shall be assessed and collected
beginning with the first registration renewal for every electric vehicle and
alternative fuel vehicle and shall be deposited into the state highway fund
established under section 248-8. The fee
shall be paid each year together with all other taxes and fees levied by this
chapter on a staggered basis as established by each county as authorized by
section 286-51, and the state registration for that county shall likewise be
staggered so that the state registration fee is due and payable at the same
time and shall be collected together with the county fee. The state registration fee shall be deemed
delinquent if not paid with the county registration fee. The respective counties shall collect this fee
together with the vehicle registration tax collected for the county and shall
transfer the moneys collected under this section to the State.
(b) In addition to the annual vehicle
registration surcharge fee, for each annual motor vehicle registration fee, the
director shall deposit $40 into the state highway fund [and], $5
into the emergency medical services special fund[.], and $1 into the
accessible parking special account established pursuant to section 348F- ."
SECTION
4. Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2022.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Parking for Persons with a Disability, Funding
Description:
Creates an accessible parking special account within the disability and communication access board special fund. Increases the state vehicle registration fee by $1, to be deposited into the accessible parking special account. Requires all costs associated with the statewide parking program for persons with disabilities to be appropriated from the accessible parking special account beginning July 1, 2022.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
