BReport Title:
Salvaged Vehicles; Non-Licensed Persons; Airbags
Description:
Limits the purchase and rebuilding of salvaged vehicles to licensed individuals. Includes airbags as a resale component that requires department of transportation approval.
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to VEHICLES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the rate of automobile thefts continues to rise in Hawaii and that airbags are an important component of motor vehicle safety.
The purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Reduce the number of automobile thefts by prohibiting the purchase of salvaged vehicles by non-licensed individuals, thereby reducing the market for stolen parts; and
(2) Improve highway safety by requiring airbags as a resale component that requires approval by the director of transportation.
SECTION 2. Section 286-48, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) Upon resale of the salvage vehicle,
the seller or, if the seller is an insurance company, its authorized agent
shall transfer the salvage certificate and issue a bill of sale to the
purchaser which shall be on a form prescribed by the director of finance. The
seller shall notify the purchaser, in writing, of the requirements of this
chapter regarding the recertification of salvage vehicles. The seller shall
sell the salvage vehicle only to a person licensed pursuant to chapter 437B[,
sections] or section 289-4[,] or 445-232[, or any person
who executes an affidavit which states whether or not the salvage vehicle would
be used to construct a rebuilt vehicle as defined in section 286-2 and that if
the salvage vehicle is to be rebuilt, the purchaser will register the rebuilt
vehicle as required by this chapter]."
SECTION 3. Section 286-83, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) [On and after January 1, 1972, no]
No person shall display for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use in or
upon, or as part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or
pole trailer any head lamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamps, or
reflector, which reflector is required by law, or any glazing material,
hydraulic brake fluid, or seat belt assembly as defined in section 291-11.6, shoulder
harness, seat belt and shoulder harness assembly, or airbag, unless the
device is of a type that has been submitted to the director of transportation
and approved by the director. This subsection shall not apply to equipment in
actual use on May 25, 1971, or replacement parts therefor, except seat
belt assemblies required under section 286-26.5(d)."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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