Report Title:

Fees for Disabled Parking Placards; Counties

Description:

Requires the counties to deposit all fees for temporary and replacement disabled parking removable windshield placards into the state general fund.  (SD2)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	277
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 2

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO FEES FOR WINDSHIELD PLACARDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 291-51.3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§291‑51.3[]]  Reimbursement to counties.  The State shall reimburse the counties for the unit cost of issuing a removable windshield placard or a temporary removable windshield placard on behalf of the State.  Beginning July 1, 2006, the rate of the per unit cost reimbursement shall be $12.  All fees collected by the counties for issuing removable and temporary removable windshield placards shall be deposited into the state general fund."

     SECTION 2.  Section 291-51.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§291‑51.6  Issuance of temporary removable windshield [parking] placards.  Each county shall issue one temporary removable windshield placard and a second temporary removable windshield placard to each applicant who requests and presents a certificate of disability that verifies the duration of the applicant's disability in monthly increments, which shall not exceed six months, and upon payment of a fee to the issuing agency.  All fees collected by the counties for issuing temporary removable windshield placards shall be deposited into the state general fund.  The temporary removable windshield placard shall be designed, fabricated, and sold to the counties at a rate negotiated by the disability and communication access board."

     SECTION 3.  Section 291-52.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§291‑52.6 Replacement of a lost, stolen, or mutilated removable windshield placard or identification card.  A removable windshield placard, temporary removable windshield placard, or identification card that is reported lost, stolen, or mutilated shall be replaced upon [the submittal of a]:

(1) Submittal to the issuing agency of:

(A) A written statement by a person with a disability that the placard or identification card was either lost, stolen, or mutilated [and a]; and

(B) A completed application for a removable windshield placard, temporary removable windshield placard, or identification card to the issuing agency[.]; and

(2) Payment of a fee to the issuing agency.

All fees collected by the counties for replacement of a lost, stolen, or mutilated removable windshield placard shall be deposited into the state general fund."

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon approval.