REPORT TITLE:
Motor Carrier


DESCRIPTION:
Clarifies the scope of entities subject to civil penalties for
failing to comply with motor carrier law.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 271-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(h)  Any motor carrier or lessor, or any officer, agent,
 
 4 employee, or representative thereof, who fails or refuses to
 
 5 comply with any provision of this chapter, or any rule,
 
 6 requirement, or order thereunder, and any [shipper or consignee]
 
 7 person located in this State, or any officer, agent, employee, or
 
 8 representative of any such [shipper or consignee,] person, who
 
 9 engages the services of any motor carrier or lessor, or any
 
10 officer, agent, employee, or representative thereof, who fails or
 
11 refuses to comply with any provision of this chapter, or any
 
12 rule, requirement, or order, may be assessed a civil penalty
 
13 payable to the State in a sum:
 
14      (1)  Up to $1,000 for each offense; and
 
15      (2)  In the case of a continuing violation, not less than
 
16           $50 and not more than $500 for each additional day
 
17           during which the failure or refusal continues."
 
18      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
19 New statutory material is underscored.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 3                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________