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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1070 |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291-31.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) No person shall knowingly operate, affix or cause to be affixed, display, or possess any lamp, reflector, or illumination device that appears to be the color blue, or colors blue and red, upon any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, bicycle, or moped except for:
(1) County law enforcement vehicles authorized and approved by the chief of police of the county in which the vehicle is operated;
(2) Department of public safety law enforcement
vehicles with blue and red lamps, reflectors, or illumination devices
authorized and approved by the director of public safety; [or]
(3) Department of land and natural resources division
of conservation and resources enforcement vehicles with blue and red lamps,
reflectors, or illumination devices authorized and approved by the chairperson
of the board of land and natural resources[.];
(4) Department of the attorney general law enforcement vehicles with blue and red lamps, reflectors, or illumination devices authorized and approved by the attorney general; or
(5) Department of transportation division of harbors law enforcement vehicles with blue and red lamps, reflectors, or illumination devices authorized and approved by the director of transportation.
This prohibition shall not apply to factory-installed instrument illumination.
(b) Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both."
SECTION 2. Section 291C-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "authorized emergency vehicle" to read as follows:
""Authorized emergency vehicle" includes fire department vehicles, police
vehicles, ambulances, ocean safety vehicles, public safety law enforcement
vehicles, [and] conservation and resources enforcement vehicles,
attorney general law enforcement vehicles, and department of transportation
division of harbors law enforcement vehicles authorized and approved
pursuant to section 291-31.5 that are publicly owned and other publicly or
privately owned vehicles designated as such by a county council."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Law Enforcement Vehicles
Description:
Allows the Department of the Attorney General and the Harbors Division of the Department of Transportation to have law enforcement vehicles, with lights and sirens, that are recognized authorized emergency vehicles.
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