Report Title:

Pickup Trucks; Passenger Restrictions

Description:

Raises the age in which passengers are banned from riding in back of pickup trucks from 12 to 17 years old. Takes effect on 01/01/04.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

294

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 291-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) No operator of any pickup truck may operate the vehicle with any passenger [twelve] seventeen years of age or under in the bed or load-carrying area of the vehicle, unless one of the following applies:

(1) An emergency exists that threatens the life of the passenger being transported in the bed or load-carrying area of the vehicle; or

(2) The vehicle is being operated in parades, caravans, or exhibitions which are officially authorized or otherwise permitted by law."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 on January 1, 2004.

INTRODUCED BY:

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