THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1214
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 2

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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

PART I

     SECTION 1.  Section 26-19, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§26-19 Department of transportation.  The department of transportation shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of transportation.  The department shall establish, maintain, and operate transportation facilities of the State, including highways, airports, harbors, and such other transportation facilities and activities as may be authorized by law.

     The department shall plan, develop, promote, and coordinate various transportation systems management programs that shall include, but not be limited to, alternate work and school hours programs, bicycling programs, and ridesharing programs.

     The department shall develop and promote ridesharing programs which shall include but not be limited to, carpool and vanpool programs, and may assist organizations interested in promoting similar programs, arrange for contracts with private organizations to manage and operate these programs, and assist in the formulation of ridesharing arrangements.  Ridesharing programs include informal arrangements in which two or more persons ride together in a motor vehicle.

     The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the department of public works with respect to highways are transferred to the department of transportation established by this chapter.

     On July 1, 1961, the Hawaii aeronautics commission, the board of harbor commissioners and the highway commission shall be abolished and their remaining functions, duties, and powers shall be transferred to the department of transportation.

     [Upon the abolishment of the Hawaii aeronautics commission, the board of harbor commissioners, and the highway commission, there shall be established within the department of transportation a commission to be known as the commission on transportation which shall sit in an advisory capacity to the director of transportation on matters within the jurisdiction of the department of transportation.  The commission on transportation shall consist of not more than eleven members, with the number of members from each county insofar as practicable being approximately proportional to the population of the respective counties to the population of the State; provided that each of the four counties shall be represented by at least one member.]"

PART II

SECTION 2.  Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part XI to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§291C-   Ordinances authorizing county use of wheel boots for parking violations. (a)  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, each county may, by ordinance, authorize:

(1) The county police department or any other designated county agent to apply a wheel boot to any motor vehicle for any parking violation; and

(2) The collection of a county fee to apply or remove the wheel boot.

(b)  Unless authorized by a county pursuant to subsection (a)(1), no person shall apply a wheel boot to a motor vehicle unless the person applying the wheel boot is the registered owner of the motor vehicle.

(c)  For purposes of this section, "wheel boot" includes a tire lock, denver boot, wheel clamp, or wheel immobilizer."

PART III

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

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Parking Violations; Wheel Boots; County Ordinances

Description:

Deletes the establishment of the commission on transportation.  Authorizes ordinances permitting county use of wheel boots for parking violations.  Establishes that unless authorized by a county, no person, other than the registered owner of a motor vehicle, may apply a wheel boot to a motor vehicle.  (SB1214 HD2)

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