Report Title:

Pickup Trucks; Passenger Restrictions

Description:

Prohibits any person from riding in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck, with certain exceptions.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2104

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

  

STATE OF HAWAII

  

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to motor vehicles.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 291-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) No operator of any pickup truck may operate the vehicle with any passenger [twelve years of age or under] in the bed or load-carrying area of the vehicle, unless one of the following applies:

(1) An emergency exists that threatens the life of the passenger being transported in the bed or load-carrying area of the vehicle; [or]

(2) The vehicle is being operated in parades, caravans, or exhibitions [which] that are officially authorized or otherwise permitted by law[.]; or

(3) The person is eighteen years of age or older and is in the bed or load-carrying area of the vehicle for a work-related purpose."

SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2007.

INTRODUCED BY:

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