Report Title:

Motor Vehicle Drivers; Licensing

Description:

Requires persons 75 years of age and older to pass a road test to renew their driver's license.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

63

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 286-107, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows:

"(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), an applicant for a renewal of a driver's license under this section, or the reactivation of an expired license under section 286-107.5(a), shall appear in person before the examiner of drivers and the examiner of drivers shall administer such physical examinations as the state director of transportation deems necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to continue to operate a motor vehicle[.]; provided that for an applicant who is seventy-five years of age or older at the time of renewal or reactivation, the examination shall include the actual demonstration of ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle.

(c) Any person who holds a category (1), (2) or (3) license issued under this part who is unable to appear in person before the examiner of drivers to apply for a renewal of the driver's license, may[, if the person is not disqualified from renewing the license under subsection (a), apply for a renewal by mail.] apply for renewal by mail; provided that the person is not disqualified from renewing the license under subsection (a); provided further that the person is not seventy-five years of age or older at the time of renewal. The applicant's request to have the license renewed by mail must be received by the examiner of drivers within ninety days after the expiration of the license or be treated as an applicant for reactivation of an expired license under section 286-107.5. The examiner of drivers shall upon receipt of the request, furnish the applicant with all necessary forms and instructions. An application for renewal made pursuant to this subsection shall be accompanied by a statement from a licensed physician certifying that the applicant was examined by the licensed physician not more than six months prior to the expiration date of the applicant's license and that the applicant was found by such examination to have met the physical requirements established by the state director of transportation for the renewal of licenses. The application for renewal shall also be accompanied by:

(1) A notarized statement of the applicant certifying that the applicant does not possess any valid license to operate the same or similar category or categories of motor vehicles, issued by another licensing authority (unless such license is concurrently surrendered); and

(2) Such other information as may be required by the examiner of drivers that is reasonably necessary to confirm the identity of the applicant and the applicant's fitness to continue to operate a motor vehicle."

SECTION 2. Section 286-107.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the title and subsection (a) to read as follows:

"[[]§286-107.5[]] Reactivation of expired license; fees; road test [waived]. (a) Unless revoked or suspended, and except as provided in subsection (b), all drivers' licenses expired under section 286-106 may be reactivated by the licensee in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth for the renewal of licenses under section 286-107(b). No person seeking reactivation of an expired license under this subsection shall be required to undergo reexamination of the person's driving skills under section 286-108[.], except as provided under section 286-107(b) for persons who are seventy-five years of age or older. The examiner of drivers shall require the holder of an expired license to pay a reactivation fee of $5 for each thirty-day period, or fraction thereof, that has elapsed after the ninety-day grace period."

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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