Bill Text: HI HB323 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Relating To Motor Vehicle Registration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-07-09 - Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1372). [HB323 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-HB323-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

323

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

C.D. 1

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Chapter 286, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§286-    Special interest vehicles; former military vehicles.  (a)  Any person who is the owner of a former military vehicle may apply for registration with the director of finance of the county in which the former military vehicle is located.

     (b)  A former military vehicle may be used as other vehicles of the same type, including to transport the owner's property where the transportation is in furtherance of the owner's primary business.  It may also be used to transport passengers without charge where the transportation is in furtherance of the owner's primary business; provided that transportation is directly to and from the owner's place of business.

     (c)  A former military vehicle shall not:

     (1)  Be used for the transportation of persons for hire or the transportation of property, as those terms are defined in section 271-4; or

     (2)  Carry material weighing more than five hundred pounds, not including the weight of a mounted camper, lid, or cap; the weight of a trailer or load drawn by the former military vehicle; or the weight of any persons riding within the driver's compartment.

     (d)  As used in this section, "former military vehicle" means any of the following vehicles, if the vehicle is at least twenty-five years old:

     (1)  A high-mobility, all-terrain, four-wheel or six-wheel drive vehicle originally manufactured for military use and commonly known by the trade name "Pinzgauer";

     (2)  A vehicle commonly known as a "Kaiser Jeep M715";

     (3)  A high-mobility, multipurpose wheeled vehicle originally manufactured for military use and commonly known as a "Humvee"; or

     (4)  A six-wheel drive utility vehicle originally manufactured for military use, commonly known as a "DUKW" or "Duck"."

     SECTION 2.  Section 286-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "special interest vehicle" to read as follows:

     ""Special interest vehicle" means a vehicle of any age that, because of its significance, is being collected, preserved, restored, or maintained by a collector.  The term includes a street rod vehicle and a street rod replica vehicle, as those terms are defined in section 286-26.5; a vehicle manufactured before 1968; [and] a vehicle manufactured after 1967 to resemble a vehicle manufactured before 1968[.]; and a former military vehicle, as defined in section 286-  ."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2020.



 

Report Title:

Vehicle Registration; Special Interest Vehicles; Former Military Vehicles

 

Description:

Classifies certain former military vehicles as special interest vehicles.  Enables owners of former military vehicles to apply for registration.  Makes conforming amendments.  (HB323 CD1)

 

 

 

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