Report Title:
Driver Licensing; Operation of Motorized Razors
Description:
Distinguishes the examination, licensing and operation of mopeds from that of motor scooters and motorcycles; prohibits operation of motorized platform scooters on streets. (SD1)
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2838 |
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TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part XIII be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§291C- Riding motorized platform scooters on streets prohibited. A person propelling a motorized platform scooter shall not operate the scooter on any street, roadway, or bikeway.
For the purposes of this section, "motorized platform scooter" means a wheeled apparatus, otherwise known as a scooter, that utilizes at least two solid urethane wheels attached to a metal, wood, or composite material board by means of a metal suspension system and which has as a power source an electric or gas engine that produces less than ten horsepower."
SECTION 2. Section 286-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) A person operating the following category or combination of categories of motor vehicles shall be examined as provided in section 286-108 and duly licensed by the examiner of drivers:
(1) [Motor scooters;] Mopeds;
(2) Motorcycles and motor scooters;
(3) Passenger cars of any gross vehicle weight rating, buses designed to transport fifteen or fewer occupants, and trucks and vans having a gross vehicle weight rating of fifteen thousand pounds or less; and
(4) All of the motor vehicles in category (3) and trucks having a gross vehicle weight rating of fifteen thousand one through twenty-six thousand pounds.
A school bus or van operator shall be properly licensed to operate the category of vehicles that the operator operates as a school bus or van and shall comply with the standards of the department of transportation as provided by rules adopted pursuant to section 286-181."
SECTION 3. Section 291C-194, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) No person shall drive a moped unless the person:
(1) Possesses a valid driver's license of any category listed in section 286-102 [provided that if the person applies for a driver's license solely to operate a moped, the person may use a moped to meet the licensing requirements in section 286-102 and shall be licensed in the same category as motor scooters. After meeting the licensing requirements, the person shall also be licensed to operate motor scooters;] or 286-239; and
(2) Meets the requirements of section 286-105(3)."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.