Report Title:

Drivers Education Fund Underwriters Fee; Increase

Description:

Increases insurers' assessment for the drivers education fund. Requires $      to be allocated to the department of education's drivers education program.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

398

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to the drivers education fund.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 431:10C-115, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending subsection (a) to read:

"(a) The commissioner shall assess and levy upon each insurer, and self-insurer, a drivers education fund underwriters fee of [$3] $      a year on each motor vehicle insured by each insurer or self-insurer. This fee is due and payable on an annual basis by means and at a time to be determined by the commissioner."

2. By amending subsection (c) to read:

"(c) The commissioner shall allocate the fees deposited for each fiscal year in the following manner:

(1) $1 per registration to the commissioner to be expended for the operation of the drivers education program provided in section 286-128(d); and

(2) [$2] $      per registration to the director of commerce and consumer affairs for:

(A) The drivers education program administered by the department of education for high school students; and

(B) The traffic safety education program established and administered by the department of education pursuant to section 302A-417[.];

provided that $      of each registration shall be allocated to the drivers education program and $      of each registration shall be allocated to the traffic safety education program."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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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