HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1859
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 249-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§249-31  State registration fee.  (a)  All vehicles and motor vehicles in the [State as defined in section 249-1,] state, including antique motor vehicles, except as otherwise provided in sections 249-4 and 249-6, shall be subject to a [$25] $26 annual vehicle registration fee.  The fee shall become due and payable on January 1, and shall be paid before April 1 in each year together with all other taxes and fees levied by this chapter; provided that should any county elect to renew motor vehicle registrations on a staggered basis as authorized by section 286-51, the state registration for that county shall likewise be staggered so that the state registration fee is due and payable at the same time and shall be collected together with the county fee.  The state registration fee shall be deemed delinquent if not paid with the county registration fee.  The respective counties shall collect this fee together with the vehicle registration tax collected for the county and shall transfer the moneys collected under this section to the State.

     (b)  From each annual motor vehicle registration fee, the director shall deposit $20 into the state highway fund [and], $5 into the emergency medical services special fund[.], and $1 into the disability and communication access board special fund under section 348F-7."

     SECTION 2.  Section 348F-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§348F-7[]]  Disability and communication access board special fund.  (a)  There is established the disability and communication access board special fund to be administered by the disability and communication access board.  All moneys received by the disability and communication access board [as application fees for credentialing of interpreters] pursuant to section 249-31 shall be deposited into the special fund.  All interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited into this special fund shall become part of the special fund.

     (b)  Moneys in the disability and communication access board special fund shall be expended to cover [all] the costs of administering [this chapter including the costs of administering the program for the state credentialing of interpreters.] parking for persons with disabilities under part III of chapter 291."

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

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on November 1, 2010.

Report Title:

Annual Vehicle Registration Fee; Parking for Disabled Persons

Description:

Increases the annual vehicle registration fee by $1, which will be deposited into the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund to cover the costs of administering parking for persons with disabilities.  Repeals the deposit of application fees for the credentialing of interpreters into the Special Fund, and the use of Special Fund monies to cover the costs of administering the program for their credentialing.  (HB1859 HD1)

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