Report Title:
Traffic Safety; Administrative License Revocation; Speeding
Description:
Adds speeding in excess of 30 miles per hour over the speed limit to offenses for which the driver's license may be administratively revoked.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2906 |
TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§291C-102 Noncompliance with speed limit prohibited. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than a maximum speed limit and no person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed less than a minimum speed limit established by county ordinance.
(b) The director of transportation with respect to highways under the director's jurisdiction may place signs establishing maximum speed limits or minimum speed limits. Such signs shall be official signs and no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than a maximum speed limit and no person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed less than a minimum speed limit stated on such signs.
(c) If the maximum speed limit is exceeded by more than ten miles per hour, a surcharge of $10 shall be imposed, in addition to any other penalties, and shall be deposited into the neurotrauma special fund.
(d) In addition to the penalties prescribed by section 291C-161, a person who violates this section by driving a vehicle at a speed that exceeds the maximum speed limit by thirty miles per hour or more shall be subject to the administrative revocation process established in part III of chapter 291E."
SECTION 2. The legislative reference bureau shall draft proposed legislation to conform chapter 291E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the intent of this Act and shall submit the proposed legislation to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2005 regular session.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2005.
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