Report Title:
Safety
Description:
Adds motorcycle education courses approved by the Department of Defense to those approved by the department of transportation as meeting the prerequisite requirement for obtaining insurance coverage. Waives road course for those who pass a Department of Defense approved course. (HB1342 HD1)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1342 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to motoRcycle and motor scooter safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 286-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Except as provided in section 286-107.5(a), the examiner of drivers shall examine every applicant for a driver's license, except as otherwise provided in this part. The examination shall include a test of:
(1) The applicant's eyesight and any further physical examination that the examiner of drivers finds necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely upon the highways;
(2) The applicant's ability to understand highway signs regulating, warning, and directing traffic;
(3) The applicant's knowledge of the rules of the road based on the traffic laws of the State and the traffic ordinances of the county where the applicant resides or intends to operate a motor vehicle; and
(4) The actual demonstration of ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle.
The examinations shall be appropriate to the operation of the category of motor vehicle for which the applicant seeks to be licensed and shall be conducted as required by the director.
The examiner of drivers shall require every applicant to comply with section 286-102.5.
The examiner of drivers may waive the actual demonstration of ability to operate a motorcycle or motor scooter for any person who furnishes evidence, to the satisfaction of the examiner of drivers, that the person has completed the motorcycle education course approved by the director in accordance with section 431:10G-104[.]or by the United States Department of Defense.
At the time of examination, an application for voter registration by mail shall be made available to every applicant for a driver's license.
For the purposes of this section, the term "applicant" does not include any person reactivating a license under section 286-107.5(a)."
SECTION 2. Section 431:10G-104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Any person seeking to obtain the liability coverage required by this part after June 7, 1989, shall first:
(1) Have obtained a valid motorcycle or motor scooter license; or
(2) Have obtained a valid motorcycle or motor scooter learner's permit and [have taken and passed] registered to take a motorcycle education course approved by the department of transportation[.] or by the United States Department of Defense."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2006.