HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1767
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATED 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 a new section to part XII to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§291C-   Mauna Kea and Waipio valley access; required four-wheel drive vehicle use. (a) No vehicle, other than a low-range, four-wheel drive vehicle, shall at any time be driven through or in the connecting roadway corridor between the Waipio valley lookout and the floor of Waipio valley or the connecting roadway corridor between Hale Pohaku and the Mauna Kea science reserve; provided that any vehicle may be driven in these areas if:

(1) It is in the process of executing a legal turn, lane change, or parking maneuver to exit the area;

(2) It is an authorized emergency vehicle performing the functions under section 291C-26;

(3) It is an official federal, state, or county vehicle in the performance of its actual duty;

(4) It is necessary to assist a stalled or broken vehicle;

(5) It is necessary to yield to an authorized emergency vehicle pursuant to section 291C-65;

(6) It is a vehicle engaged in or in support of research or maintenance activities; or

(7) It is otherwise provided by law.

(b) Violation of this section shall subject the driver of the vehicle to a fine of $250.

For purposes of this section, an all-wheel drive vehicle shall not be considered to be a low-range, four-wheel drive vehicle."

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 on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Waipio Valley; Mauna Kea; Roadway; Four-Wheel Drive Vehicles

Description:

Prohibits any vehicle, except a low-range, four-wheel drive vehicle, from being driven through or in Waipio Valley or the Mauna Kea Science Reserve, except under certain circumstances. (HB1767 HD2)

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