THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2518

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to motor and other vehicles.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 286-106.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§286-106.5[]]  Expiration of licenses; out-of-country and in-country active duty military personnel[.] and dependents.  (a)  Notwithstanding section 286-106, the expired driver's license of a member of any component of the United States armed forces who is on active federal service, or the member's dependent if the dependent accompanied the member, and whose driver's license expired while the member was deployed outside the United States, shall remain valid for ninety days after the service member's return to the United States.

     (b)  After the ninety day period set forth in subsection (a), any member of the United States armed forces who is on active federal service and stationed in Hawaii, or the member's dependent if the dependent accompanied the member, and whose driver's license expired while the member was deployed outside the United States, may use a valid Status of Forces Agreement driver's license in lieu of a state-issued driver's license until receipt of a valid state-issued driver's license."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Driver's License; Active Duty Military; Dependents; Status of Forces Agreement

 

Description:

Authorizes any active duty military personnel or accompanying dependent stationed in Hawaii whose driver's license expired while the member was deployed overseas to use a valid Status of Forces Agreement driver's license until obtaining a valid state-issued driver's license.

 

 

 

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