HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1816

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to driver's licenses.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that under existing law, a person older than seventy-two years of age must renew their driver's license every two years.  The department of transportation reported that they have not found local data that indicates drivers between the ages of seventy-two and seventy‑nine are at higher risk of causing or being involved in crashes.  The legislature further finds that according to a study conducted by the American Automobile Association, only twenty-one jurisdictions in the United States have a shorter renewal cycle based on the age of the driver.  Additionally, of those jurisdictions that have age-based license renewal policies, most of the renewal cycles are four years or longer.

     Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to extend the expiration date of a driver's license for a licensee who is seventy‑two years of age or older from two years to four years.

     SECTION 2.  Section 286-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§286-106  Expiration of licenses.  Every driver's license issued under this part, except for a provisional license issued under section 286-102.6, which shall expire on the date of the provisional licensee's nineteenth birthday, whether an original issuance or a renewal, shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring [not] no less than eight years after the date of the issuance of the license, unless sooner revoked or suspended; provided that:

     (1)  The license shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring [not] no less than four years after the date of the issuance if, at the time, the licensee is [twenty-four]:

          (A)  Twenty-four years of age or younger; or

          (B)  Seventy-two years of age or older; and

    [(2)  The license shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than two years after the date of the issuance of the license if, at that time, the licensee is seventy-two years of age or older; and

     (3)] (2)  If the licensee is a legal immigrant, the license shall expire no later than the licensee's authorized period of stay in the United States.

     The examiner of drivers may issue a license for a shorter period if the licensee has a physical condition or conditions that the examiner of drivers reasonably believes may impair the driver's ability to drive."

     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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Report Title:

Driver's License; Expiration and Renewal; Kupuna

 

Description:

Extends the expiration date of a driver's license for a licensee who is seventy-two years of age or older from two years to four years.

 

 

 

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