Report Title:

Judiciary; Online Requests for Traffic Abstracts and Traffic Court Reports

 

Description:

Permits online requests of traffic abstracts and traffic court reports.  Authorizes judiciary to impose a fee and require verification of identity before releasing reports.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

62

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

relating to traffic court records.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 287-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "§287-3  Furnishing of operating records.  [(a)  The traffic violations bureaus of the district courts, upon request, shall furnish any person a certified abstract of the bureaus' record, if any, of any person relating to all alleged moving violations and any convictions resulting therefrom, arising from the operation of a motor vehicle and any administrative license revocation pursuant to chapter 291E, part III and chapter 286, part XIV, as it was in effect on or before December 31, 2001.  The traffic violations bureaus may collect a fee, not to exceed $7, of which $5 shall be deposited into the general fund and $2 shall be deposited into the judiciary computer system special fund.]

     (a)  The traffic violations bureaus of the district courts, upon request submitted via the judiciary website or in any other manner prescribed by the judiciary, shall:

     (1)  Furnish any person a certified abstract of the bureaus' record, if any, of any person relating to all alleged moving violations and any convictions resulting therefrom, arising from the operation of a motor vehicle and any administrative license revocation pursuant to chapter 291E, part III and chapter 286, part XIV, as it was in effect on or before December 31, 2001.  The traffic violations bureaus may collect a fee, not to exceed $7, of which $5 shall be deposited into the general fund and $2 shall be deposited into the judiciary computer system special fund; and

     (2)  Furnish a certified traffic court report, if any, to the individual specified in the report.  The report shall include case record history such as equipment and parking citations, in addition to the information specified in subsection (a)(1).  The judiciary may collect a fee for the reports and require verification of the requestor's identity prior to releasing the report."

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

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2010.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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