Report Title:

Safety; All-terrain vehicles; minors; prohibited

 

Description:

Prohibits minors from operating or riding on an all-terrain vehicle.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

795

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

RELATING TO the prohibition of minors from the use of ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES.

 

 

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

 


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

Part     .   All-terrain vehicles

     §286-A  Definitions.  As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

     "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle which is all of the following:

     (1)  Designed for operation off of the highway by an operator with no more than one passenger;

     (2)  Fifty inches or less in width;

     (3)  Nine hundred pounds or less unladen weight;

     (4)  Suspended on three or more tires;

     (5)  Has a single seat designed to be straddled by the operator, or a single seat designed to be straddled by the operator and a seat for not more than one passenger; and

     (6)  Has handlebars for steering control.

     "Minor" means a person under the age of eighteen.

     §286-B    Prohibition; minors; operation.   (a)  No minor shall operate, ride, or be otherwise propelled on an all-terrain vehicle.

     §286-C    Penalty.  A violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not more than $50.  The parent or legal guardian having control or custody of an unemancipated minor whose conduct violates this section shall be liable for the amount of the fine imposed pursuant to this section.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the fines collected for a violation of this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund."

     SECTION 2.  In codifying the new sections added by section 1 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in this Act.

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

 

 

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