Bill Text: HI SB2641 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 2641

Bill Title: Related To Traffic Violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-16 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC. [SB2641 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2641-Amended.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2641
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATED TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 287-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) The traffic and emergency period violations bureaus of the district courts, upon request, shall furnish any person a certified abstract of the bureaus' record, if any, of any person relating to all [~~alleged moving violations and any convictions resulting therefrom,~~] moving violations resulting in convictions arising from the operation of a motor vehicle and any administrative license revocation pursuant to chapter 291E, part III and chapter 286, part XIV, as it was in effect on or before December 31, 2001. The traffic and emergency period violations bureaus may collect a fee, not to exceed $20, of which $18 shall be deposited into the general fund and $2 shall be deposited into the judiciary computer system special fund."

SECTION 2. By July 1, 2025, the traffic and emergency period violations bureaus of the district courts shall remove all alleged moving violations that did not result in a conviction arising from the operation of a motor vehicle from the certified abstract of all persons.

SECTION 3. In accordance with section 9 of article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the legislature has determined that the appropriations contained in Act 164, Regular Session of 2023, and this Act will cause the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025 to be exceeded by $ or per cent. This current declaration takes into account general fund appropriations authorized for fiscal year 2024-2025 in Act 164, Regular Session of 2023, and this Act only. The reasons for exceeding the general fund expenditure ceiling are that:

(1) The appropriation made in this Act is necessary to serve the public interest; and

(2) The appropriation made in this Act meets the needs addressed by this Act.

SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $100,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the traffic and emergency period violations bureaus of the district courts to remove all alleged moving violations not resulting in convictions from all traffic abstracts.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the judiciary for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Moving Violations; Traffic Abstract; Expenditure Ceiling; Appropriation

Description:

Limits moving violations arising from the operation of a motor vehicle that appear on traffic abstracts to those that resulted in convictions. Requires the Traffic and Emergency Period Violations Bureaus to remove all alleged moving violations not resulting in a conviction from certified abstracts. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)

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