Recent Transportation Legislation
During the 2000, the Legislature passed and
the Governor signed the following transportation bills:
Act 23
SB 2635 lowers highway vending from
misdemeanor to petty misdemeanor and extends definition of crime
to include the risk of creating a hazardous condition or public
nuisance. Effective: 4/19/00.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act023_SB2635_.htm
Act 62
HB 1757 removes the trailer exemption from
prohibitions relating to passengers or consumption of intoxicating
liquors in motor vehicles. Conforms Hawaii’s open container law
to TEA 21 Section 154 requirements. Effective: 4/27/00.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act062_HB1757_HD1_.htm
Act 86
HB2615 amends the definition of hazardous
material on state highways to bring the state into compliance with
federal requirements. Effective: 4/27/00.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act086_HB2615_.htm
Act 100
HB1457 recrimanalizes improperly secured
load violations. Effective 7/1/00.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act100_HB1457_SD1_.htm
Act 111
HB 2643 allows the counties to increase
fees, from $2 to a maximum of $5, for certificates of registration
for motor vehicles other than U-drive motor vehicles, provided
that any additional fee increase over $2 is to be expended only to
defray the additional cost in the disposition and other related
activities of abandoned or derelict vehicles. Effective 5/22/00.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act111_HB2643_SD2_.htm
Act 189
HB 1881 part 1 reduces jail time for DUI
drugs. Part 2 provides for revocation of motor vehicle
registration for repeat intoxicated drivers under the
administrative revocation of driver’s licenses proceedings as
required by Section 164 of TEA 21. Part 3 amends driving impaired
statutes to consolidate and conform offenses relating to operating
a vehicle while using an intoxicant. Effective: Part 1, 6/8/00;
Part 2, 9/30/00; Part 3, 1/1/02.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act189_HB1881_CD1_.htm
Act 240
HB 1759 extends length of the three-year
photo red light imaging and photo speed imaging detector
demonstration project for two more years. Allows the use of photo
technology systems to identify drivers in violation of designed
uses of high occupancy vehicle lanes. Authorizes the department of
transportation to retain and pay contractors for the project.
Establishes the traffic enforcement demonstration project.
Appropriates funds. Makes other housekeeping changes. Effective:
7/1/00.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act240_HB1759_CD1_.htm
Act 255
HB 1763 requires bicycle riders under 16 to
wear a bicycle helmet. Effective: 1/1/01.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act255_HB1763_CD1_.htm
Act 293
HB 286 establishes fines for motorists who
are convicted of driving their motor vehicles at speeds greater
than the maximum speed limits established for construction areas.
Effective: 7/3/00.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act293_HB286_SD2_.htm
Act 294
SB 2311 increases fine from $20 to $45 for
each violation of mandatory seat belt use; requires backseat
passengers between the ages of four and seventeen to use seat
belts. Effective: 7/3/00.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act294_SB2311_HD1_.htm
Act 296
SB 3073 adds habitual driving offense to
implied consent law. Defines a preliminary alcohol screening
device and clarifies that its use is not a substitute for a test
under the implied consent law. Effective: 7/3/00.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/acts/Act296_SB3073_CD1_.htm
