Bill Text: HI HB1981 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Traffic Violations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-14 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, Takayama, Todd excused (3). [HB1981 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1981-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 traffic violations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-111, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) With respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, the director of transportation is authorized to and the counties by ordinance may prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles where the stopping, standing, or parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would interfere unduly with the free movement of traffic; provided that the violation of any law or any ordinance, regardless of whether established under this or any other section, prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles shall constitute a traffic infraction. The counties shall not provide any other penalty, civil or criminal, or any other charge, in the form of rental or otherwise, in place of or in addition to the fine to be imposed by the district court for any violation of any ordinance prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles.
This section shall not be construed as prohibiting the authority of the director of transportation or the counties to allow the stopping, standing, or parking of motor vehicles at a "T-shaped" intersection on highways under their respective jurisdictions; provided that such stopping, standing, or parking of motor vehicles is not dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing, or parking of motor vehicles would not unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic.
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appropriate police department and county or prosecuting attorney of the various
counties shall enforce any law or ordinance prohibiting or restricting the
stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles, including but not limited to the
issuance of parking tickets. Any person
committing a violation of any law or ordinance, regardless of whether
established under this or any other section, prohibiting or restricting the
stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles shall be subject to a fine to be
enforced and collected by the district courts of this State and to be deposited
into the state general fund for state use[.]; provided that fifty per
cent of the amount collected shall be disbursed to the county that enforced the
violation."
SECTION 2. Section 291C-171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) All fines and forfeitures collected upon
conviction or upon the forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a
violation of any section or provision of the state traffic laws and all
assessments collected relating to the commission of traffic infractions shall
be paid to the director of finance of the State[.]; provided that the
director of finance shall disburse fifty per cent of the amount collected to
the county that enforced the violation."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Traffic Violations; Disbursement; Counties
Description:
Specifies that a portion of the revenues collected from traffic violations shall be disbursed to the county that enforced the violation.
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