Bill Text: HI SB1502 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Relating To Transportation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-05 - Act 210, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). [SB1502 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2023-SB1502-Amended.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1502

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Chapter 279L, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§279L-    Parking; regulation.  (a)  The department of transportation may regulate parking utilized by peer-to-peer car sharing at state airports.

     (b)  The counties may, by ordinance, regulate parking utilized by peer-to-peer car sharing along county streets."

     SECTION 2.  Chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part VIII of article 10C to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§431:10C-    Insurance coverage during car share period; hourly usage.  (a)  Hourly peer-to-peer car sharing operators shall ensure that during each car-sharing period, the shared car shall be insured at the following rates:

     (1)        times the personal injury protection benefit pursuant to section 431:10C-103.5; and

     (2)        times the basic liability coverage as required by section 431:10C-301.

     (b)  As used in this section, "hourly" means in increments of one hour, up to twenty-four hours.  "Hourly" shall not be constrained to a calendar day."

     SECTION 3.  Section 431:10C-802, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  [A] Except as provided in section 431:10C-  , a peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall ensure that during each car-sharing period, the shared car shall be insured under a motor vehicle insurance policy that shall provide:

     (1)  Primary insurance coverage for each shared car available and used through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program in amounts not less than $750,000 for death, bodily injury, and property damage per accident, and costs of defense outside the limits;

     (2)  Primary insurance coverage for each shared car available and used through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program for personal injury protection coverage that meets the minimum coverage amounts required by section 431:10C-103.5; and

     (3)  The following optional coverages, which any named insured may elect to reject or purchase, that provides primary coverage for each shared car available and used through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program:

          (A)  Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages as provided in section 431:10C-301, which shall be equal to the primary liability limits specified in this section; provided that uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage offers shall provide for written rejection of the coverages as provided in section 431:10C-301;

          (B)  Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage stacking options as provided in section 431:10C-301; provided that the offer of the stacking options shall provide for written rejection as provided in section 431:10C-301;

          (C)  An offer of required optional additional insurance coverages as provided in section 431:10C-302; and

          (D)  In the event the only named insured under the motor vehicle insurance policy issued pursuant to this section is the peer-to-peer car-sharing program, the insurer or the peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall:

               (i)  Disclose the coverages in writing to the peer-to-peer car-sharing driver;

              (ii)  Disclose to the peer-to-peer car-sharing driver in writing that all optional coverages available may not have been purchased under sections 431:10C-301 and 431:10C-302; and

             (iii)  Obtain a written acknowledgement from the peer-to-peer car-sharing driver of receipt of the written disclosures required in paragraphs (1) and (2).  The standard disclosure forms used in paragraphs (1) and (2), and every modification of [such] forms intended to be used, shall be filed with the commissioner within fifteen days of providing [such] the disclosure to the peer-to-peer car-sharing driver.  The insurer or the peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall also send to the peer-to-peer car-sharing driver every modified disclosure form within fifteen days of [such] the filing of the modified disclosure form and comply with paragraph (3).  [Such] The disclosures and acknowledgement may be sent and received by electronic means."

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.


 


 

Report Title:

Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing; Hourly Usage; Insurance Rates; Department of Transportation; Airports; Counties; Streets; Parking; Regulation

 

Description:

Requires hourly peer-to-peer car sharing operators to insure the shared car with personal injury protection benefit and basic liability coverage.  Authorizes the Department of Transportation to regulate peer-to-peer car share parking at state airports.  Authorizes the counties to regulate peer-to-peer parking on county streets.  Takes effect 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

 

 

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