REPORT TITLE:
Motor Vehicle Dealers


DESCRIPTION:
Requires licensed motor vehicle dealers to have an evident
physical presence in the State, including having at least 1 full-
time employee.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.28         
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 437-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  Requirements to be met before issuance of dealer's and
 
 4 auction's license.
 
 5      (1)  The following requirements shall be met by an applicant
 
 6           for a dealer's license before a license may be issued
 
 7           by the motor vehicle industry licensing board:
 
 8           (A)  The applicant has a site which will be used
 
 9                primarily for the purpose of selling, displaying,
 
10                offering for sale, or otherwise dealing in motor
 
11                vehicles;
 
12           (B)  The site has a permanent building thereon suitable
 
13                for the display at any one time of at least three
 
14                motor vehicles having an average base of at least
 
15                ninety inches; [and]
 
16           (C)  The site has suitable sanitation facilities[.];
 
17                and
 
18           (D)  The applicant, or no less than one full-time
 
19                employee licensed under this chapter, and is
 

 
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 1                physically present at the site during normal
 
 2                business hours.
 
 3      (2)  The following requirements shall be met by an applicant
 
 4           for an auction's license before a license may be issued
 
 5           by the motor vehicle industry licensing board:
 
 6           (A)  The applicant has a permanent site which will be
 
 7                used primarily for the purpose of selling,
 
 8                displaying, offering for sale, or otherwise
 
 9                dealing in motor vehicles; and
 
10           (B)  The site has suitable sanitation facilities."
 
11      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
12 New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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15                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________