Bill Text: HI SB2732 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Motor Vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-26 - Re-Referred to TCA/GVO, JDC/WAM. [SB2732 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2732-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to motor vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 249-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a)
Any tax imposed by sections 249-1 to 249-13 for any year and not paid
when due, shall become delinquent and a penalty shall be added to, and become
part of, the delinquent tax. The amount
of the delinquency penalty shall be established by the county's legislative
body. If the date that the tax is due is
a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the tax shall become delinquent at the
end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. The director of finance may require the
payment of any delinquent tax and penalty as a condition precedent to the
registration, renewal, or transfer of ownership of [such] the
vehicle[.]; provided that, beginning on July 1, 2025, the payment of
any delinquent tax and penalty as a condition precedent to the registration,
renewal, or transfer of ownership of a vehicle more than twenty-five years old shall
be limited to the aggregate amount of delinquent taxes and penalties
accumulated over the preceding three-year period. Any vehicle not having the number plates required
by sections 249-1 to 249-13, or any vehicle upon which taxes are delinquent as
provided in this section, may be seized, wherever found, by the director of
finance or by any police officer, and held for a period of ten days, during
which time the vehicle shall be subject to redemption by its owner by payment
of the taxes due, together with the delinquent penalties and the cost of
storage and other charges incident to the seizure of the vehicle. The director of finance, chief of police, or
any police officer shall be deemed to have seized and taken possession of any
vehicle, after having securely sealed it where located and posted a notice upon
the vehicle, setting forth the fact that it has been seized for taxes and
warning all other persons from molesting it under penalty provided by section
249-11."
SECTION 2. The counties shall amend any applicable ordinances necessary to carry out the purposes of section 1 of this Act.
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. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Counties; Delinquent Motor Vehicle Taxes and Penalties; Three-Year Limit; Vintage Vehicles; Registration; Renewal; Ownership Transfer
Description:
Limits the payment of any delinquent tax and penalty required by the Director of Finance of a county as a condition precedent to the registration, renewal, or transfer of ownership of a vehicle more than 25 years old to the aggregate amount of delinquent taxes and penalties accumulated over the preceding three-year period. Requires the respective counties to amend any applicable ordinances.
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
