Report Title:

Driver license renewal

Description:

Allows for the renewal of all category (1), (2), and (3) driver's licenses by mail, regardless of whether the licensed driver is out-of-state. (HB1725 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1725

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

  

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to driver license renewal by mail.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 286-107, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending subsection (c) to read:

(c) Any [resident of this State] person who holds a category (1), (2) or (3) license [and who by reason of the resident's temporary absence from the State] issued under this part who is unable to appear in person before the examiner of drivers to apply for a renewal of the [resident's] driver's license, may, if the [resident] person is not disqualified from renewing the [resident's] license under subsection (a), apply for a renewal by mail. The [resident's] applicant's request to have the [resident's] license renewed by mail must be received by the examiner of drivers within ninety days after the expiration of the [resident's] license[.] or be treated as an applicant for reactivation of an expired license under section 286-107.5. The examiner of drivers shall upon receipt of the request, furnish the applicant with all necessary forms and instructions. An application for renewal made pursuant to this subsection shall be accompanied by a statement from a licensed physician certifying that the applicant [had been] was examined by the licensed physician not more than six months prior to the expiration date of the applicant's license and that the applicant [had been] was found by such examination to have met the physical requirements established by the state director of transportation for the renewal of licenses. The application for renewal shall also be accompanied by:

(1) A notarized statement of the applicant certifying

[(A) To the fact that the applicant is a resident of this State; and

(B) To the fact] that the applicant does not possess any valid license to operate the same or similar category or categories of motor vehicles, issued by another licensing authority (unless such license is concurrently surrendered); and

(2) Such other information as may be required by the examiner of drivers [which] that is reasonably necessary to confirm the identity of the applicant and the applicant's fitness to continue to operate a motor vehicle."

2. By amending subsection (g) to read:

"(g) No driver's license shall be renewable by mail for more than two consecutive renewals, regardless of whether the license expires, as provided under section 286-106, on the sixth, [the] fourth [birthday after issuance], or [on the] second birthday after issuance; provided that this subsection shall not apply to a resident military person or that person's immediate family if the resident military person resides outside the State on official military orders."

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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.