§286-45 Records of county finance director. [Repeal and reenactment on July 1, 2003. L 2000, c 240, §21.] (a) The director of finance shall file each application received and register the vehicle therein described in a record or book to be kept by the director of finance under the following headings:

The director of finance may microfilm vehicle registration and ownership records which are a year old and may discard the original records. The director of finance may discard vehicle registration and ownership records which are older than six years.

(b) Any private contractor that has entered into a contract with the department to implement the traffic enforcement demonstration project pursuant to section 5 et seq. of Act 234, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, may obtain from any county finance director the names and addresses of registered motor vehicle owners, which shall be used only as is necessary to carry out the provisions of the contract and the purposes of that Act and may not otherwise be publicly disclosed. [L 1929, c 197, §§4, 5; RL 1935, §2668; RL 1945, §7339; RL 1955, §160-5; am L 1959, c 87, §1; am L 1967, c 61, §1; HRS §286-45; am L 1969, c 268, §1; am L 1970, c 73, §1(b); gen ch 1985; am L 1998, c 234, §§2, 29; am L 1999, c 263, §2; am L 2000, c 240, §2]