Bill Text: HI HB1861 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Number Plates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-05-03 - Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 831). [HB1861 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1861-Introduced.html
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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 Number plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 249-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The number plates hereinabove referred to
shall be used upon all vehicles for which a tax has been paid pursuant to
sections 249-1 to 249-13. All [such]
number plates shall:
(1) [Bear] If issued before January 1,
2025, bear the word "Hawaii" along the upper portion of the plate
and the words "Aloha State" along the lower portion of the plate;
(2) If issued on or after January 1, 2025, bear
the word "Hawai`i" along the upper portion of the plate and the words
"Aloha State" along the lower portion of the plate; provided that both
"Hawai`i" and "Aloha State" may either contain all
uppercase or lowercase letters or have the first letter of each word be
uppercase;
[(2)] (3)
Have a distinct contrast between the color of the plate and the numerals
and letters thereon; and
[(3)] (4)
Be of [such] any shape, size, and color, and with [such]
any arrangements of letters and numbers as may, subject to sections
249-1 to 249-13, be determined by the directors of finance of each county
through majority consent.
The numerals on all [such] number
plates shall be not less than three inches in height and the strokes thereof
not less than three-eighths inch in width, except in the case of motorcycles,
in which case the numerals shall not be less than one inch in height and the
strokes thereof not less than one-eighth inch in width.
The
director of finance of the city and county of Honolulu shall contract annually
on behalf of the counties for the purchase of all number plates, tags, or
emblems required. The council of each
county shall appropriate and cause to be paid over to the party with whom the
director of finance of the city and county of Honolulu shall contract, or to
the director of finance of the city and county of Honolulu as the director may direct,
[such] the sum or sums as the director of finance of the city and
county of Honolulu shall determine to be the county's proportionate share of
the expense of [such] the contract and the charges connected
therewith. The contract shall be made by
the director of finance of the city and county of Honolulu as agent of the
several counties, and the proportionate liability of each county shall be
stated in the contract. Notwithstanding
any other provision of the law, the contract shall constitute a valid
obligation of each county for its proportionate share."
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.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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By Request |
Report Title:
City and County of Honolulu Mayor's Package; Motor Vehicles; Number Plates; Hawaiian Diacritical Marks
Description:
Requires license plates to include okinas. Authorizes the use of all uppercase letters, all lowercase letters, or initial capital letters in motor vehicle license plates.
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