HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2490
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO VETERANS.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 249-31.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§249-31.5[]]  Exemptions [[from registration fees]] for certain vehicles; disabled veterans.  (a)  A disabled veteran who:

     (1)  Is a resident of Hawaii;

     (2)  Has been other than dishonorably discharged from the United States uniformed armed forces; and

     (3)  Is determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have a service-connected one hundred per cent disability rating for compensation or a service-connected disability rating of one hundred per cent[; and

(4) Is in receipt of disability retirement pay from any branch of the uniformed armed forces],

shall be exempt from payment of all annual vehicle registration fees [as] required by section 249-31[.] and the tax imposed under this chapter.  This exemption shall not extend to vehicles used for commercial purposes, nor to more than one vehicle owned by the disabled veteran.

     (b)  The director of the office of veterans' services, in consultation with the policy advisory board on veterans services, shall submit a report to the legislature and the department of taxation no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session providing the legislature and the department of taxation with the total number of disabled veterans who qualify under this section for the exemption from annual vehicle registration fees[.] and the tax imposed under this chapter."

     SECTION 2.  This Act shall apply to motor vehicle registrations issued or renewed after January 1, 2017.

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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2030.

Report Title:

Veterans; Disabled; Motor Vehicle Registration Fees and Taxes; Exemption

Description:

Exempts certain disabled veterans from county motor vehicle taxes and the state annual vehicle registration fee.  (HB2490 HD2)

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