Report Title:

Traffic Infractions; Parking; Rental Cars

Description:

Requires owner/lessor of leased vehicle cited for parking violation to provide to court having jurisdiction, within 60 days, name and address provided by lessee. Requires court to impose $5 fee on lessor, in lieu of holding lessor responsible for citation, where lessor does not provide the information within 60 days.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2218

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 291C-168.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§291C-168.5[]] Liability of lessee for [parking citation.] notice of traffic infraction involving parking. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the registered owner of record is the lessor of a rental or U-drive motor vehicle, as defined in section 286-2, pursuant to a written lease agreement, the lessee at the time of the issuance of the [parking citation] notice of traffic infraction involving parking shall be responsible for [such summons or citation;] the notice of traffic infraction; provided, however, [said] that:

(1) The lessor shall be responsible for [such summons or citation] the notice of traffic infraction if the lessor does not provide the court having jurisdiction over the [summons or citation] notice of traffic infraction the name and address [of the] provided by the lessee to the lessor within [forty-five] sixty days after a notice containing the date, time, and location of the violation and the license number of the vehicle is sent to the lessor; [provided further that the] and

(2) The administrative judge of the court having jurisdiction over the [citation or summons may] notice of traffic infraction shall waive the requirement of providing the name and address of the lessee by the lessor and, in lieu of holding the lessor responsible for the notice of traffic infraction, impose an administrative fee of [five dollars] $5 per [citation] notice of traffic infraction on the lessor[.] if the lessor fails to provide the name and address of the lessee provided by the lessee to the lessor within sixty days following receipt of notification of the notice of traffic infraction."

SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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