HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1743
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to driver licensing.

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

     SECTION 1.  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)  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] eighteen thousand pounds or less; and

     (4)  All of the motor vehicles in category (3) and any vehicle that is not a commercial motor vehicle.

     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 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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Driver Licensing

Description:

Increases the gross vehicle weight rating of category (3) motor vehicle driver licenses to eighteen thousand pounds or less.

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