HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2010

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 291-57, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§291-57  Parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities; penalties.  (a)  Any [person who] driver or registered owner of a vehicle that uses a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities who:

     (1)  Fails to properly display a removable windshield placard, a temporary removable windshield placard, or special license plates;

     (2)  Displays an invalid removable windshield placard, an invalid temporary removable windshield placard, or invalid special license plates;

     (3)  Uses a removable windshield placard, a temporary removable windshield placard, or special license plate that was not issued to that person or to any passengers occupying the vehicle in the parking space; or

     (4)  With or without a removable windshield placard, a temporary removable windshield placard, or special license plates:

         (A)  Parks in an access aisle; or

         (B)  Obstructs the ingress or egress to a parking space reserved for a person with a disability;

shall be guilty of a traffic infraction under chapter 291D and shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $500 and pay any costs incurred by the court related to assessing the fine; provided that a person with a disability who has been issued a valid placard or special license plate that is currently in effect, and who has failed to display the placard or license plate while parking in a space reserved for persons with disabilities, shall pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 and any costs incurred by the court related to assessing the fine.

     (b)  Any person who uses a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities and refuses or fails to present an identification card issued under this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder to an enforcement officer upon request shall be guilty of a traffic infraction under chapter 291D and shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $500.

     (c)  Any citation issued under this chapter may be [mailed]:

     (1)  Handed to the violator;

     (2)  Mailed to the violator pursuant to section 291C‑165(b)[.] when the violator refuses the citation; or

     (3)  Affixed to the vehicle pursuant to section 291C‑167 in the case of an unattended vehicle."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

_____________________________BY REQUEST

 

 


 


 

Report Title:

Parking Spaces; Persons With Disabilities; Violations

 

Description:

Clarifies that a violation is committed by a driver or registered owner of a vehicle.  Allows citations to be handed to the violator or affixed to the vehicle if the vehicle is unattended.  Clarifies that a citation may be mailed when the violator refuses the citation.

 

 

 

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