Report Title:

Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection; Noise pollution; Decibel test

Description:

Requires the director of transportation to include decibel tests as part of the official motor vehicle safety inspection rules.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

857

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to motor vehicles.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 286-26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending subsection (b) to read:

"(b) All other vehicles, including motorcycles, motor scooters, trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers having a gross vehicle weight rating of [10,000] ten thousand pounds or less, and antique motor vehicles as defined in section 249-1, except those in subsections (c) and (d), shall be certified as provided in subsection (e) every twelve months; provided that any vehicle to which this subsection applies shall not require inspection within two years of the date on which the vehicle was first sold."

2. By amending subsection (g) to read:

"(g) The director of transportation shall adopt necessary rules for the administration of inspections and the issuance of certificates of inspection[.]; provided that safety inspection criteria shall include criteria established by the director of transportation that set limits on the number of decibels a vehicle may emit and establishes testing requirements for official inspection stations."

SECTION 2. Section 291C-202, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) The director of transportation by rules and regulations, pursuant to chapter 91, shall establish criteria which shall comply with approved federal regulations for the following moped equipment: brake system; fuel system components; exhaust system components; steering system; handlebars; wheel rims; fenders; a guard or protective covering for drive belts, chains and rotating components; seat or saddle; lamps and reflectors; equipment controls; speedometer; retracting stand; horn; and identification markings. The director of transportation by rules and regulations, pursuant to chapter 91, shall also establish criteria that set limits on the number of decibels a moped may emit and shall establish testing requirements for official inspection stations."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

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

INTRODUCED BY:

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