Report Title:

Traffic Fines

Description:

Allows judges to permit traffic violators to pay fines on an incremental basis if they cannot afford to pay the whole fine at once; prohibits suspension or revocation of license if the person is current with payments.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2078

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 291C-171.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§291C-171.5[]] Collection of fines and costs. (a) Unless discharged by payment or service of imprisonment in default of a fine, a fine may be collected in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action.

(b) Costs may be collected in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action, but shall not be deemed part of the penalty, and no person shall be imprisoned under this section in default of payment of costs.

(c) The state attorney general may institute proceedings to collect the fine, and costs, including interest and attorney's fees, as a civil judgment in the court of appropriate jurisdiction.

(d) The court shall allow the payment of a fine in incremental installments in accordance with procedures and schedules as determined by the court for persons who cannot afford to pay the fine, as determined by the court, in a lump sum when due. The driver's license of the person under this subsection shall not be revoked or suspended if the person is current with the payments."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2004.

INTRODUCED BY:

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