HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

877

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO VEHICULAR TAXES.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 249-6.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§249-6.5[]]  Exemption for National Guard, military reserves, [and] other active duty military personnel, and permanently and totally disabled veterans claiming Hawaii as their residence of record.  (a)  One noncommercial motor vehicle registered to a member of the National Guard, military reserve, or armed service, including the Coast Guard, who is:

     (1)  Assigned to a unit in the State; and

     (2)  A member in good standing,

shall be exempt from the vehicle weight tax provided for in this chapter.

     (b)  One noncommercial motor vehicle registered to a permanently and totally disabled veteran, who is other than dishonorably discharged from the uniformed armed forces, shall be exempt from the vehicle weight tax provided for in this chapter.

     (c)  For the purposes of this section, a "permanently and totally disabled veteran" is a veteran who:

     (1)  Is determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have a service-connected one hundred per cent disability rating for compensation; or

     (2)  Has a service-connected disability rating of one hundred per cent and is in receipt of disability retirement pay from any branch of the uniformed armed services."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2015.


 


 

Report Title:

Vehicle Tax Exemption; Permanently and Totally Disabled Veterans

 

Description:

Provides an exemption from the vehicle weight tax for one noncommercial vehicle per permanently and totally disabled veteran.  (HD1)

 

 

 

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