HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1284

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING To PARKING.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 291-57, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Any person who uses a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities who:

     (1)  Fails to properly display a removable windshield placard, a temporary removable windshield placard, or special license plates;

     (2)  Displays an invalid removable windshield placard, an invalid temporary removable windshield placard, or invalid special license plates;

     (3)  Uses a removable windshield placard, a temporary removable windshield placard, or special license plate that was not issued to that person or to any passengers occupying the vehicle in the parking space; or

     (4)  With or without a removable windshield placard, a temporary removable windshield placard, or special license plates:

         (A)  Parks in an access aisle; or

         (B)  Obstructs the ingress or egress to a parking space reserved for a person with a disability;

shall be guilty of a traffic infraction under chapter 291D and shall be fined not less than [$250 nor] $500 for a first time violation and not more than [$500] $1,000 for any subsequent violation and shall pay any costs incurred by the court related to assessing the fine; provided that a person with a disability who has been issued a valid placard or special license plate that is currently in effect, and who has failed to display the placard or license plate while parking in a space reserved for persons with disabilities, shall pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 and any costs incurred by the court related to assessing the fine.

     (b)  Any person who uses a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities and refuses or fails to present an identification card issued under this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder to an enforcement officer upon request shall be guilty of a traffic infraction under chapter 291D and shall be fined not less than [$250 nor] $500 for a first time violation and not more than [$500.] $1,000 for any subsequent violation."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:

Parking Spaces; Persons With Disabilities; Penalties

 

Description:

Increases the fines for first time and subsequent violations that may be assessed for the unauthorized or improper use of a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities.

 

 

 

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