HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2111
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to motor vehicles.

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

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding to part X a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§291C-   Speed limits for trucks, truck-trailer combinations; and tractor-semitrailer combinations. (a) No person shall drive any of the following motor vehicles on any interstate highway at a speed exceeding ten miles per hour less than the maximum speed limit established for all other motor vehicles by official signs placed by the director of transportation on interstate highways under the director's jurisdiction:

(1) A truck having three or more axles;

(2) A truck-trailer combination; and

(3) A tractor-semitrailer combination.

(b)  The director of transportation shall place signs on interstate highways under the director's jurisdiction establishing maximum speed limits for vehicles enumerated in subsection (a).

(c)  For the purposes of this section, "interstate highway" means interstate H-1, interstate H-2, interstate H-3, interstate H-201, and route 78.

(d)  Any person who violates subsection (a) by exceeding a posted speed limit established under this section by fifteen miles per hour or more shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced without the possibility of probation as provided in section 291C-105.

(e)  Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a commercial driver's license issued by this State who is convicted of violating subsection (a) for excessive speeding involving any single offense for any speed of fifteen miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit shall be guilty of a serious traffic violation, as defined in section 286-231.

(f)  For the purposes of this section, "commercial motor vehicle", "truck", "truck-trailer combination", and "tractor-semitrailer combination" shall have the same meanings as those terms are defined in section 286-2."

     SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

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

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Motor Vehicles; Speed Limits; Trucks

Description:

Establishes maximum speed limits for trucks, truck-trailer combinations, and tractor-semitrailer combinations on interstate highways.  Establishes penalties for violation.

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