REPORT TITLE: 
Abandoned motor vehicles


DESCRIPTION:
Increases from $1 to $2 the vehicle registration fee surcharge
which counties may use to properly manage abandoned motor
vehicles and the wastes that result from vehicular use. (HB 719
HD2)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        719
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B.NO.            H.D. 2
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES.  



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 286-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:  
 
 3      "(b)  This part shall be administered by the director of
 
 4 finance in conjunction with the requirements of sections 249-1 to
 
 5 249-13 and shall entail no additional expense or charge to the
 
 6 person registering the ownership of a motor vehicle other than as
 
 7 provided by this section or by other laws; provided that for each
 
 8 new certificate of ownership issued by the director of finance
 
 9 under section 286-52, the director of finance may charge a fee
 
10 which shall be deposited in the general fund.  The fees charged
 
11 to issue a new certificate of ownership shall be established by
 
12 the county's legislative body.
 
13      Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an additional
 
14 fee of not more than [$1] $2 for each certificate of registration
 
15 may be established by ordinance and collected annually by the
 
16 director of finance of each county, to be used and administered
 
17 by each county; [for]
 
18      (1)  For beautification of and other related activities
 
19           pertaining to highways under the ownership, control,
 
20           and jurisdiction of each county[,]; and [to]
 

 
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 1      (2)  To defray the additional cost in the disposition and
 
 2           other related activities of abandoned vehicles as
 
 3           prescribed in chapter 290.
 
 4 The moneys so assessed and collected shall be placed in [a
 
 5 revolving fund entitled, "]the highway beautification and
 
 6 disposal of abandoned vehicles revolving fund["]."
 
 7      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 8 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.