Report Title:

Motor Vehicle Driver License; U.S. Armed Forces

Description:

Increases a driver's license from six to eight years; authorizes the examiner of drivers to issue a license for a shorter period if the licensee has a physical condition that may impair the ability to drive; allows the expired driver's license of a service member who is on active federal service and whose license expired while deployed outside the U.S. to remain valid for ninety days after return; applies to licenses issued after November 1, 2008.  (SD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	3240
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 286-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§286‑106  Expiration of licenses. (a)  Every driver's license issued under this part, except for a provisional license issued under section 286‑102.6 which shall expire on the date of the provisional licensee's nineteenth birthday, whether an original issuance or a renewal, shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than [six] eight years after the date of the issuance of the license, unless sooner revoked or suspended; provided that the license shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than four years after the date of issuance if at the time the licensee is twenty-four years of age or younger; and provided further that the license shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than two years after the date of the issuance of the license if at that time the licensee[:

(1) Is] is seventy-two years of age or older[; or

(2) Exhibits a physical condition or conditions that the examiner of drivers reasonably believes has impaired the driver's ability to drive, unless the licensee:

(A) Obtains a certificate from a licensed physician that the licensee's physical condition or conditions do not impair the licensee's ability to drive; or

(B) Is able to correct the physical impairment, or is able to drive safely by using a vehicle adapted to overcome the physical impairment to the satisfaction of the examiner of drivers].

(b)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), the examiner of drivers may issue a license for a shorter period if the licensee has a physical condition or conditions that the examiner of drivers reasonably believes may impair the driver's ability to drive.

(c)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), the expired driver's license of a member of any component of the United States armed forces who is on active federal service and whose driver's license had expired while deployed outside the United States, shall remain valid for ninety days after the service member's return to the United States."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that section 1 shall apply to driver's licenses issued after November 1, 2008.