REPORT TITLE:
Pickup trucks; restrictions


DESCRIPTION:
Prohibits passengers up to eighteen years of age from riding in
the back of a pickup truck under a graduated schedule.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.2          
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 291-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(c)  No operator of any pickup truck may operate the
 
 4 vehicle with any passenger twelve years of age or under until
 
 5 December 31, 1999; thirteen years of age or under on or after
 
 6 January 1, 2000; fourteen years of age or under on or after
 
 7 January 1, 2001; fifteen years of age or under on or after
 
 8 January 1, 2002; sixteen years of age or under on or after
 
 9 January 1, 2003; seventeen years of age or under on or after
 
10 January 1, 2004; eighteen years of age or under on or after
 
11 January 1, 2005, in the bed or load-carrying area of the vehicle,
 
12 unless one of the following applies:
 
13      (1)  An emergency exists that threatens the life of the
 
14           passenger being transported in the bed or load-carrying
 
15           area of the vehicle; or
 
16      (2)  The vehicle is being operated in parades, caravans, or
 
17           exhibitions [which] that are officially authorized or
 
18           otherwise permitted by law."
 

 
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 1      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 2 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 3      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 5                           INTRODUCED BY:_________________________