Bill Text: HI SB408 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Transportation.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-11 - The committee on TRS deferred the measure. [SB408 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB408-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to transportation.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 286-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "motorcycle" to read as follows:
""Motorcycle" means:
(1) Every motor vehicle that has a handlebar and seating that requires the operator to straddle or sit astride on it and is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excludes a farm tractor and a moped; or
(2) Every motor
vehicle that has a steering wheel [and] or handlebar, seat belts,
seating that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride on it,
and is designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, called an
autocycle, which is certified by the manufacturer to comply with all
applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as of the date of
manufacturer."
SECTION 2. Section 291C-152, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) No person shall operate a motorcycle while
carrying any package, bundle, or other article which prevents the person from
keeping both hands on the handlebars or[, for an autocycle, on the]
steering wheel."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:
Transportation, Motor Vehicles; Autocycle
Description:
Amends the definition of an autocycle to include a three wheeled motor vehicle that has a handlebar and seat belts. Prohibits operators of a motorcycle, including an autocycle, from carrying any package, bundle, or other article if it prevents the operator from keeping both hands on the handlebars or steering wheel.
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