Report Title:

Driver Licensing

Description:

Distinguishes the examination, licensing and operation of mopeds from that of motor scooters and motorcycles.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2838

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

 

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

SECTION 1. 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) [Motor scooters;] Mopeds;

(2) Motorcycles 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 fifteen thousand pounds or less; and

(4) All of the motor vehicles in category (3) and trucks having a gross vehicle weight rating of fifteen thousand one through twenty-six thousand pounds.

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 2. Section 291C-194, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) No person shall drive a moped unless the person:

(1) Possesses a valid driver's license of any category listed in section 286-102 [provided that if the person applies for a driver's license solely to operate a moped, the person may use a moped to meet the licensing requirements in section 286-102 and shall be licensed in the same category as motor scooters. After meeting the licensing requirements, the person shall also be licensed to operate motor scooters;] or 286-239; and

(2) Meets the requirements of section 286-105(3)."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.

INTRODUCED BY:

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