THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2901
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY.

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

SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to amend or delete any statutes or provisions containing federal requirements that are currently addressed in Hawaii Administrative Rules or otherwise deemed unnecessary.

SECTION 2.  Section 286-202.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  [Notwithstanding] In addition to the requirements in title 49 Code of Federal Regulations[, Part] part 390.21, every motor carrier vehicle shall be marked as specified in subsections (b), (c), and (d)."

SECTION 3.  Section 286-207, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§286-207  Exemptions, certain vehicles.  This part shall not apply to the following vehicles, if such vehicles are in compliance with safety ordinances and rules of the county in which they operate and other applicable state safety laws and rules:

    [(1) The type of passenger carrying vehicle known as a "sampan bus" within a radius of twenty miles from the city of Hilo, Hawaii;

(2) Station wagons for the carriage of property;

(3)] (1)  Trucks, truck-trailers, trailers, or other nonpassenger carrying equipment having a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less, except vehicles used in transporting material found by the United States Secretary of Transportation to be hazardous under 49 U.S.C. section 5103 and transported in a quantity requiring placarding under 49 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter I, Subchapter C;

    [(4)] (2)  Taxicabs as described in section 271-5(3)(B);

    [(5) Passenger carrying vehicles with a seating capacity of nine or less used for the transportation of employees to and from the jobsite;

(6)] (3)  Passenger carrying vehicles used by employees solely for their own transportation to, from, and during work;

    [(7)] (4)  Passenger carrying vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less used in car or van pools to transport less than sixteen individuals for the movement of passengers to and from work;

    [(8)] (5)  A passenger carrying vehicle used for the transportation, without compensation, of persons for [private,] personal, recreational, or entertainment purposes;

    [(9)] (6)  A passenger carrying vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less used solely for the transportation, without compensation, of the vehicle owner, the vehicle owner's family or guests; and

   [(10)] (7)  A passenger carrying vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less used for the transportation, without compensation, of persons for the furtherance of their physical or mental rehabilitation or for social welfare activities."

     SECTION 4.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.

     SECTION 5.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed

and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Highway Safety; Motor Vehicle Safety Law

Description:

Amends or deletes statutes containing federal requirements that are addressed in Hawaii Administrative Rules or are unnecessary.  (CD1)

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