HB1746 SD1

Report Title:

Unattended Vehicles; Notification of Towing

 

Description:

Requires notices for tow away zones to be clearly visible to the driver of a vehicle approaching any marked or unmarked parking space where the vehicle is subject to being towed. Allows notices to be placed at the entrance of parking lots where the entire lot is restricted to authorized parking. (SD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1746
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING to Unattended vehicles.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 290-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any vehicle left unattended on private or public property without authorization of the owner or occupant of the property, may be towed away at the expense of the owner of the vehicle, by order of the owner, occupant, or person in charge of the property; provided that there is posted a notice prohibiting vehicles to park on the property without authorization. The notice shall state [where] that the vehicle will be towed and held[.] at the expense of the vehicle owner, as well as the name, address, and a telephone number of the facility where the vehicle will be towed and held. The notice shall be of such size and be placed in a location [reasonably calculated to call the sign to the attention of potential parkers.] that is clearly visible to the driver of a vehicle approaching any individual marked or unmarked parking space; provided that where an entire parking lot consists of restricted parking spaces, placement of the notice at each entrance of the parking lot shall suffice."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.