Bill Text: HI HB601 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Exemptions From Registration Fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-05 - Act 188, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1290). [HB601 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB601-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION FEES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 249-31.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending its title and subsection (a) to read as follows:
"[[]§249-31.5[]] Exemptions [[]from
registration fees[]] for certain vehicles; disabled veterans. (a) A
disabled veteran who:
(1) Is a resident of Hawaii;
(2) Has been other than dishonorably discharged from the United
States uniformed armed forces; and
(3) Is determined by
the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have a
service-connected one hundred per cent disability rating for compensation or a
service-connected disability rating of one hundred per cent[; and
(4) Is in receipt
of disability retirement pay from any branch of the uniformed armed forces],
shall be exempt from payment of all annual vehicle registration fees as
required by section 249-31[. This];
provided that this exemption shall not extend to [vehicles] any
vehicle used for commercial purposes[, nor] or to more than
one vehicle owned by the disabled veteran."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties
that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun
before its effective date.
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
Report Title:
Motor Vehicles; Registration Fees; Disabled Veterans
Description:
Repeals the requirement that disabled veterans be in receipt of disability retirement pay from the Armed Forces to be exempt from payment of annual motor vehicle registration fees. (SD1)
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