Reimburses counties' unit cost of issuing removable and temporary removable windshield placards.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Chapter 291, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§291- Reimbursement to the counties. The State shall reimburse the counties for the cost of issuing removable and temporary removable windshield placards on behalf of the State.

Beginning July 1, 2006, the reimbursement rate for each placard shall be $12; provided that the reimbursement rate shall be adjusted for inflation, rounded up the next whole dollar, beginning July 1 of every even-numbered year. The rate of inflation shall be determined by the disability and communication access board."

SECTION 2. Section 291-51.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§291-51.6 Issuance of temporary removable windshield parking placards. Each county [may] shall issue one temporary removable windshield placard and a second temporary removable windshield placard to each applicant who requests and presents a certificate of disability that verifies the duration of the applicant's disability in monthly increments, which shall not exceed six months, and upon payment of a fee to the issuing agency. The temporary removable windshield placard shall be designed, fabricated, and sold to the counties at a rate negotiated by the disability and communication access board."

SECTION 3. Section 291-52, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§291-52 Issuance of removable windshield placard. Each county [may] shall issue one removable windshield placard and a second removable windshield placard to each applicant who so requests and presents a certificate of disability that verifies that the applicant's disability is expected to last for at least four years. The removable windshield placard shall expire four years after the date of its issuance. The removable windshield placard shall be designed, fabricated, and sold to the counties at a rate negotiated by the disability and communication access board."

SECTION 4. Section 291-52.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§291-52.6 Replacement of a lost, stolen, or mutilated placard or identification card. A removable windshield placard, temporary removable windshield placard, or identification card that is reported lost, stolen, or mutilated [may] shall be replaced upon the submittal of a written statement by a person with a disability that the placard or identification card was either lost, stolen, or mutilated and a completed application for a removable windshield placard, temporary removable windshield placard, or identification card to the issuing agency."

SECTION 5. Section 291-56, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

SECTION 6. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, to reimburse the counties for the cost of issuing removable and temporary removable windshield placards on behalf of the State.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the disability and communication access board for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 7. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2006.