Report Title:

Statewide Traffic Code

 

Description:

Establishes fines for motorists who are convicted of driving their motor vehicles at speeds greater than the maximum speed limit in school zone or construction areas.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

123

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO SPEEDING.

 

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 be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§291C- Speeding in a school zone or construction area. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed greater than the maximum speed limit established pursuant to subsection (b) within a school zone or a construction area.

(b) Notwithstanding section 291C-102, the director of transportation and the counties, in their respective jurisdictions, shall establish maximum speed limits for school zones and construction areas and place official signs in these zones and areas.

(c) Any person who violates this section shall be fined:

(1) Not more than $400 for a first conviction thereof;

(2) Not more than $600 for conviction of a second offense committed within one year after the date of the first offense; and

(3) Not more than $1,000 for conviction of a third or subsequent offense committed within one year after the date of the first offense.

(d) For purposes of this section, the term "construction area" includes any area in which there is occurring the installation and construction of connections for streets, roads, driveways, concrete curbs and sidewalks, structures, drainage systems, landscaping or grading within the highway rights-of-way, excavation and backfilling of trenches or other openings in state highways, the restoration, replacement, or repair of the base course, pavement surfaces, highway structures, or any other highway improvements."

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 upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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