REPORT TITLE:
Traffic Fines; County


DESCRIPTION:
Permits the counties to impose by ordinance additional fines for
violations of any of the state traffic laws.  Requires the
traffic violations bureau to collect the fines on behalf of the
counties and remit them to the counties on a semi-annual basis.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO TRAFFIC FINES.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to enable the
 
 2 respective counties to impose and collect fines for violations of
 
 3 the statewide traffic code, in addition to the fines imposed by
 
 4 the State under chapter 291C.
 
 5      SECTION 2.  Section 291C-171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 6 amended to read as follows:
 
 7      "�291C-171  Disposition of fines and forfeitures.(a)  All
 
 8 fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the
 
 9 forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any
 
10 section or provision of the state traffic laws and all
 
11 assessments collected relating to the commission of traffic
 
12 infractions shall be paid to the director of finance of the
 
13 State[.]; provided that each county by ordinance may impose
 
14 additional fines for the violation of any section or provision of
 
15 the state traffic laws.  Within thirty days after the effective
 
16 date of such an ordinance, the traffic violations bureau shall
 
17 prepare citations forms for the police department of that county
 
18 showing all state and county fines.  Persons receiving the
 
19 citations with county fines may contest them in the same manner
 

 
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 1 that state fines are contested.  The traffic violations bureau
 
 2 shall collect the fines for the counties and shall remit them to
 
 3 the respective director of finance of the counties on a semi-
 
 4 annual basis.
 
 5      (b)  In addition to any monetary assessment imposed for a
 
 6 traffic infraction, the court may impose penalties on all
 
 7 outstanding traffic citations and judgments.  The penalties shall
 
 8 be established pursuant to rules approved by the supreme court;
 
 9 provided that the amounts of the penalties shall be based upon a
 
10 graduated scale that increases in proportion to the length of the
 
11 delinquency.  Any interest penalty imposed as provided in this
 
12 section may be waived by the court for good cause.  All penalties
 
13 collected for such outstanding citations and judgments shall be
 
14 paid to the director of finance of the State[.]; provided that if
 
15 the county has enacted an ordinance imposing an additional fine
 
16 for the infraction, the director shall remit the counties' share,
 
17 if any, of the interest penalty to the respective director of
 
18 finance of the counties on a semi-annual basis."
 
19      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
20 New statutory material is underscored.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 1      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 3                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________