REPORT TITLE:
Special Number Plates


DESCRIPTION:
Allows the director of finance to discard and allow for new
applications of inactive special number plates that have not been
assigned or registered during the preceding 3 years.  (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 249-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, any
 
 4 antique motor vehicle shall be issued a special number plate for
 
 5 a fee of $10 which plate shall be permanent and valid for use on
 
 6 such vehicles so long as the vehicle is in existence in lieu of
 
 7 the uniform state number plates.  The director of finance may
 
 8 discard and allow for new applications of inactive special number
 
 9 plates that have not been assigned or registered during the
 
10 preceding three years.  In addition to the payment of any other
 
11 fee required by law, applicable to antique motor vehicles, the
 
12 owner of any such vehicle shall pay the fee for the issuance of
 
13 the special number plate.  The registration numerals and special
 
14 number plates assigned to antique motor vehicles shall be labeled
 
15 "Horseless Carriage" and "Permanent" and shall run in a separate
 
16 numerical series, commencing with Horseless Carriage No. 1."
 
17      SECTION 2.  Section 249-9.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
18 amended to read as follows:
 
19      "§249-9.1  Special number plates.  In addition to the number
 

 
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 1 plates contracted on behalf of the counties by the director of
 
 2 finance of the city and county of Honolulu, the director of
 
 3 finance may provide, upon request, special number plates.  The
 
 4 special number plates shall conform to the requirements provided
 
 5 for the uniform number plates except that the owner may request
 
 6 the choice and arrangement of letters and numbers.  The maximum
 
 7 number of letters and numbers shall be six and only one hyphen
 
 8 will be allowed in addition to and in lieu of the six letters and
 
 9 numerals.  No other punctuation marks shall be allowed.  The
 
10 director of finance shall not issue special number plates which
 
11 have the letter and numeral combination of regular plates, are
 
12 misleading or publicly objectionable.  The fee for special number
 
13 plates shall be $25 upon initial application and $25 upon each
 
14 annual renewal of the vehicle registration.  This fee shall not
 
15 be refundable.  Re-application for special number plates must be
 
16 made upon a change in design of regular plates.  The director of
 
17 finance may discard and allow for new applications of inactive
 
18 special number plates that have not been assigned or registered
 
19 during the preceding three years.  The director of finance shall
 
20 [prescribe] adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to carry out [the
 
21 provisions of] this section."
 
22      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
23 New statutory material is underscored.
 

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