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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to motor vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 286G-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§286G-2 Driver education and training fund. There is established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the driver education and training fund. All driver education assessments collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the driver education and training fund to be expended by the administrative director of the courts for driver education and training programs and services administered by the judiciary, subject to part III of chapter 37 to the extent that the same applies to appropriations for the judiciary."
SECTION 2. Section 286G-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§286G-3 Driver education assessments. (a) A driver education assessment of $7 shall be levied on a finding that a violation of a statute or county ordinance relating to vehicles or their drivers or owners occurred, except for:
(1) Offenses relating to stopping (when prohibited), standing, or parking;
(2) Offenses relating to registration; and
(3) Offenses by pedestrians.
(b) [Driver] To defray the costs of
programs and services provided by the division of driver education, driver
education assessments of:
(1) $100 shall be levied on persons [convicted]:
(A) Convicted under section
291E-61 or 291E-61.5 [to defray costs of services provided by the driver
education and training program]; or
(B) Required to attend or that are enrolled in an alcohol and drug education or driving under the influence of intoxicants program;
(2) $50 shall be levied on persons required to attend or that are enrolled in a child passenger restraint system safety class, including persons convicted under section 291-11.5; and
(3) $75 shall be levied on persons required to
attend or that are enrolled in a driver retraining program, including persons
convicted under section 291C-105 [to defray costs of services provided by
the driver education and training program].
(c) A driver education fee of $ shall be assessed on any person who registers and attends the driver education and training program to satisfy driver education and training requirements imposed pursuant to a conviction for an offense under federal law or the laws of another state.
[(c)] (d) The driver education
assessments levied by subsections (a) and (b) shall be paid for each violation
in addition to any fine imposed by the court, and regardless of whether a fine
is suspended; provided that the driver education assessment of $100 levied on a
person convicted under section 291E-61 or 291E-61.5 may be waived by the court
if the court determines that the person is unable to pay the driver education
assessment.
[(d)] (e) The amount of each
driver education assessment levied by subsections (a) [and], (b),
and (c) shall be transmitted by the clerk of the court for deposit in the
driver education and training fund."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.
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Report Title:
Out-of-State Violators; Fees; Judiciary Driver Education and Training Program.
Description:
Assesses a fee on a person who attends the Judiciary's driver education and training program as a requirement pursuant to a conviction under federal law or the laws of another state.
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