Report Title:

Driver Ed. Assessment; Driving under Influence of Intoxicant

 

Description:

Conforms reference for driver's education assessment levied for impaired driving from old DUI law to provision prohibiting operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

999

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to use of intoxicants.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 286G-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

"(a) A driver education assessment of $7 shall be levied on a finding that a violation of a statute or county ordinance relating to vehicles or their drivers or owners occurred, except for:

(1) Offenses relating to stopping (when prohibited), standing, or parking;

(2) Offenses relating to registration; and

(3) Offenses by pedestrians.

In addition, a driver education assessment of $100 shall be levied on persons convicted under section [291-4] 291E-61 to defray costs of services provided by the driver education and training program; and $50 shall be levied on persons required to attend a child passenger restraint system safety class under section 291-11.5.

(b) The driver education assessments levied by subsection (a) shall be paid for each violation in addition to any fine imposed by the court, and regardless of whether a fine is suspended; provided that the driver education assessment of $100 levied on a person convicted under section [291-4] 291E-61 may be waived by the court if the court determines that the person is unable to pay the driver education assessment."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2002.

INTRODUCED BY:

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