Report Title:

Abandoned Vehicles

Description:

Amends definition of "abandoned" vehicle to add vehicles parked on public highways that are not currently registered and safety checked.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2015

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to abandoned vehicles.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 290-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) The counties may cause vehicles to be taken into custody and disposed of, which have been abandoned. A vehicle is "abandoned", for the purposes of this subsection, if it is defined to be abandoned by an ordinance of the county in which the vehicle is located; in the absence of such an ordinance, a vehicle is "abandoned" if it is left unattended for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours and it is unlawfully parked on any public highway or other public property[.]; provided that in the case of a public highway, the vehicle is considered abandoned immediately if it has no current registration, as evidenced by a lack of tag or emblem affixed on the license plate, and no current safety inspection, as evidenced by a lack of sticker affixed to the vehicle. The mayors of the several counties may designate an agency within their counties to carry out the functions and requirements of this section. The term "agency" means any office, department, or other governmental unit of the county."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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