Report Title:

Motor Vehicle Driver License; U.S. Armed Forces

 

Description:

Adjusts the length of time a person's license will remain valid based on their age and provides that military personnel whose driver's license has expired while on active duty outside of the country will be authorized to drive for 90 days upon their return to the United States.  (HB3023 HD2)

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

3023

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Chapter 286, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§286-      Expiration of licenses; out-of-country active duty military personnel.  Notwithstanding section 286-106, the expired driver's license of a member of any component of the United States armed forces who is on active federal service and whose driver's license expired while deployed outside the United States, shall remain valid for ninety days after the service member's return to the United States."

     SECTION 2.  Section 286-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§286106  Expiration of licenses.  Every driver's license issued under this part, except for a provisional license issued under section 286-102.6 which shall expire on the date of the provisional licensee's nineteenth birthday, whether an original issuance or a renewal, shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than [six] eight years after the date of the issuance of the license, unless sooner revoked or suspended; provided that the license shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than four years after the date of issuance if at the time the licensee is twenty-four years of age or younger; provided further that the license shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than two years after the date of the issuance of the license if at that time the [licensee:

     (1)  Is seventy-two years of age or older; or

     (2)  Exhibits a physical condition or conditions that the examiner of drivers reasonably believes has impaired the driver's ability to drive, unless the licensee:

         (A)  Obtains a certificate from a licensed physician that the licensee's physical condition or conditions do not impair the licensee's ability to drive; or

         (B)   Is able to correct the physical impairment, or is able to drive safely by using a vehicle adapted to overcome the physical impairment to the satisfaction of the examiner of drivers.]

licensee is seventy-two years of age or older.

     The examiner of drivers may issue a license for a shorter period if the licensee has a physical condition or conditions that the examiner of drivers reasonably believes may impair the driver's ability to drive."

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

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on November 3, 2008; provided that the amendments made to section 286-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by this Act shall not be repealed when that section is reenacted on January 9, 2011, pursuant to section 15 of Act 72, Sessions Laws of Hawaii 2005.