Bill Text: HI SB829 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Transportation; Bicycle and Moped Fee
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB829 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB829-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO COUNTY VEHICULAR TAXES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that most of the senseless bicycle injuries and deaths on Hawai‘i roadways are preventable. Roadway fatalities continue to be a major concern for our State. Act 54, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, requires the department of transportation and county transportation departments to adopt complete streets policies that seek to reasonably accommodate convenient access and mobility for all users of the public highways within their respective jurisdictions, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, motorists, and persons of all ages and abilities. Biking is a viable transportation option that also improves health and quality of life.
The legislature further finds that the depressed economy has substantially stalled the State's ability to move forward on many of the projects that have been planned. Consequently, new avenues of funding are being explored.
The purpose of this Act is to establish an annual bicycle and moped registration renewal fee to augment the moneys in the bikeway fund under section 249-17.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
SECTION 2. Section 249-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(a) Bicycles having two tandem wheels
that are twenty inches or more in diameter and all mopeds are required to be
registered and shall be subject to [a permanent] an annual
registration fee of $15, to be paid by the owners thereof to the director of
finance.
Upon application by the registered owner, every registration issued under this subsection shall be renewed annually before October 1 of each year and expire at midnight on December 31 of each year immediately following payment of the annual registration fee.
(b) An owner of a bicycle having two tandem wheels that are less than twenty inches in diameter is not required to register such bicycle, but may do so to facilitate the return of recovered stolen bicycles by payment of the registration fee. The fee collected shall not be refunded or prorated.
Upon receipt of the fee, the director of finance shall number and register each bicycle and moped for which the fee is paid, in the owner's name and furnish the owner with a metallic tag or decal for each bicycle or moped which shall be attached to the bicycle or moped. The tag or decal shall bear a serial number and the year of registration.
On bicycles the decal shall be affixed to the upright post attached to the sprocket facing in the forward direction. On mopeds the decal shall be affixed to the lower portion of the rear fender facing rearward.
Upon initial registration by an owner or transferee, the director of finance shall require proof of ownership and require the owner to furnish verification of the serial number and description contained in the proof of ownership and application for registration. The metallic tags or decals shall be in a form as the director of finance shall from time to time prescribe. It shall be the duty of the director of finance of each county to purchase a sufficient number of these tags or decals."
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; Bicycle and Moped Fee
Description:
Requires annual bicycle and moped registration renewal fee.
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