Bill Text: HI HB1804 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Motor Vehicle Inspection; Safety Check

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - Referred to TRN, CPC , referral sheet 2 [HB1804 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB1804-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1804

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to motor vehicle inspections.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 286-26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

     1.   By amending subsection (b) to read:

     "(b)  All other vehicles, including motorcycles, trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers having a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less, and antique motor vehicles as defined in section 249-1, except those in subsections (c) and (d), shall be certified as provided in subsection (e) [every twelve months; provided that any vehicle to which this subsection applies shall not require inspection within]; provided that:

     (1)  No vehicle shall require inspection until two years [of] after the date on which the vehicle was first sold[.];

     (2)  Any vehicle with a model year nine years of age or newer shall be certified every twenty-four months; and

     (3)  Any vehicle with a model year older than nine years of age shall be certified every twelve months.

For the purposes of this section, vehicle model year shall be calculated from the last day in December of the designated model year of the vehicle."

     2.   By amending subsection (e) to read:

     "(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, a certificate of inspection shall be issued upon payment of a fee to be determined by the director[.]; provided that the fee for a vehicle with a model year nine years of age or newer shall be twice that of the fee charged for a vehicle with a model year older than nine years of age.  The certificate shall state the effective date, the termination date, the name of the issuing insurance carrier, and the policy number of the motor vehicle insurance identification card for the inspected motor vehicle as specified by section 431:10C-107 or state the information contained in the proof of insurance card as specified by section 431:10G-106.  A 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 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Motor Vehicle Inspection; Safety Check

 

Description:

Requires a two-year motor vehicle inspection safety check for vehicles nine years of age or newer.  Doubles the inspection fee for the two-year motor vehicle inspection safety check.

 

 

 

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