THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2524
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating to annual vehicle registration fees.

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 of ten per cent or higher for compensation or a service-connected disability rating of [one hundred per cent,] ten per cent or higher,

shall be exempt from payment of all annual vehicle registration fees as required by section 249-31; provided that this exemption shall not extend to any vehicle used for commercial purposes or 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."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2022.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Annual Vehicle Registration Fees; Disabled Veteran Exemption; Office of Veterans' Services

Description:

Expands the recipient of the annual vehicle registration fees exemption to include disabled veterans with a service-connected disability rating of ten per cent or higher, subject to certain restrictions.

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