THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2099
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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

SECTION 1. Section 286-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "motorcycle" to read as follows:

""Motorcycle" means:

(1) Every motor vehicle that has a handlebar and seating that requires the operator to straddle or sit astride on it and has no seatbelt for the operator, and is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excludes a farm tractor and a moped; or

(2) Every motor vehicle [that has a steering wheel and seating that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride on it, and is] with seatbelts designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, called an autocycle which is certified by the manufacturer to comply with all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as of the date of manufacture."

SECTION 2. Section 286-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending its title to read:

"[[]§286-71 Autocycles[; registration; occupants; disclosure requirements].[]]"

2. By amending subsection (b) to read:

"(b) No person shall operate an autocycle on a public street, road, or highway in this State unless the person possesses a valid [type] category 3 driver's license pursuant to section [286-102(b)(2)] 286-102(b)(3) and the autocycle has been duly registered pursuant to subsection (a)."

SECTION 3. Section 286-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) A person operating the following category or combination of categories of motor vehicles shall be examined as provided in section 286-108 and duly licensed by the examiner of drivers:

(1) Mopeds;

(2) Motorcycles, except for autocycles as described in paragraph (2) of the definition of "motorcycle" in section 286-2, and motor scooters;

(3) Passenger cars of any gross vehicle weight rating, buses designed to transport fifteen or fewer occupants, [and] trucks and vans having a gross vehicle weight rating of eighteen thousand pounds or less[;], and autocycles as described in paragraph (2) of the definition of "motorcycle" in section 286-2; and

(4) All of the motor vehicles in category (3) and any vehicle that is not a commercial motor vehicle.

A school bus or van operator shall be properly licensed to operate the category of vehicles that the operator operates as a school bus or van and shall comply with the standards of the department of transportation as provided by rules adopted pursuant to section 286-181."

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.

Report Title:

Transportation; Autocycles; Driver's License

Description:

Amends definition of "autocycle". Changes driver's licensing requirement for operation of autocycles. (SD1)

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