Report Title:

Transportation; Motor Carrier Vehicle Identification Card

Description:

Requires motor carriers to obtain a vehicle identification card by filing a form with specified information with the director of transportation; requires motor carrier vehicles to operate with mudguards. (CD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

77

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1


C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

 

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 286, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new sections to part XI to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§286-   Vehicle identification card. (a) A motor carrier shall file with the director a form prescribed by the director containing a description of the commercial motor vehicle registered to the motor carrier. There shall be one form per vehicle. The form shall be filed when:

(1) The original application for a safety clearance is filed with the director;

(2) A new commercial motor vehicle is placed in service;

(3) A commercial motor vehicle is withdrawn from service; and

(4) New state license plates are issued for a commercial motor vehicle; provided that the form shall be filed not more than five days, including weekends and holidays, after the issuance of the plates.

(b) Upon the filing under subsection (a), the director shall issue a motor vehicle identification card for that commercial motor vehicle. The card shall contain information sufficient to identify the owner of the vehicle and other information deemed necessary by the director.

(c) A motor carrier shall inform the director, by filing a form prescribed by the director, of when a commercial motor vehicle registered to the motor carrier is disposed of, transferred, sold, or otherwise taken out of service by that carrier. The motor carrier shall surrender the vehicle identification card to the director with the filing of the form by affixing the card thereto.

§286-   Mudguards; protective devices. (a) A commercial motor vehicle shall not be operated on the public highways unless the vehicle is equipped with fenders, covers, or other devices, including flaps or splash aprons, to minimize the spray or splash of water or mud to the rear of the vehicle.

(b) Violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $50, notwithstanding section 286-206."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.