HB 2022

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
2022
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026
H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII
S.D. 1
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
���� SECTION 1.� Section 249-31,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
���� "�249-31�
State and county registration [[fee.]] fees.� (a)� All
vehicles and motor vehicles in the State [[as defined in section 249-1]],
including antique motor vehicles, except as otherwise provided in sections 249-4,
249-6, and 249‑31.5, shall be subject to a $46
annual vehicle registration fee; provided that
alternative fuel vehicles shall pay an annual vehicle registration surcharge of
$50, which shall be assessed and collected beginning with the first
registration renewal for every alternative fuel vehicle and shall be deposited
into the state highway fund established under section 248-8.� The surcharge shall be paid each year
together with all other taxes and fees levied by this chapter on a staggered
basis as established by each county as authorized by section 286-51, and the
state registration for that county shall likewise be staggered so that the
state registration fee is due and payable at the same time and shall be
collected together with the county fee.�
The state registration fee shall be deemed delinquent if not paid with
the county registration fee.� The
respective counties shall collect this fee together with the vehicle
registration tax collected for the county and shall transfer the moneys
collected under this [[section]] subsection and subsection (b) to
the State.
���� For the purposes of this
subsection, "alternative fuel vehicle" means a vehicle powered by a
non-petroleum-based fuel, but excludes an electric vehicle as defined in
section 249‑36(g).
���� (b)�
In addition to the annual vehicle registration surcharge fee, for each
annual motor vehicle registration fee, the director shall deposit $40 into the
state highway fund, $5 into the emergency medical services special fund, and $1
into the accessible parking special account.
���� (c)� Notwithstanding any county ordinance to the
contrary, a county's annual vehicle registration fee shall not exceed the
annual vehicle registration fee imposed pursuant to subsection (a); provided
that this subsection shall only apply to counties with a population of five
hundred thousand or more.
���� (d)� Each county with a population of five hundred
thousand or more shall expend no less than thirty per cent of the respective
revenues collected from county registration fees pursuant to subsection (a) for
roadway repair and maintenance; provided that each county shall submit an
annual report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the
convening of each regular session detailing the revenues collected under this
section, current fund balances, and expenditures made from those funds."
���� SECTION 2.� Section 249-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:
���� "�249-33�
State and county vehicle weight [[tax,]] taxes;
exemptions.� (a)� All vehicles and motor vehicles in the State
as defined in section 249-1, including antique motor vehicles, except as
otherwise provided in sections 249-4, 249-5.5, 249-6, and 249-6.5, in addition
to all other fees and taxes levied by this chapter, shall be subject to an
annual state vehicle weight tax.� The tax
shall be levied by the county director of finance at the rate of 1.75 cents a
pound according to the net weight of each vehicle as the "net weight"
is defined in section 249-1 up to and including four thousand pounds net
weight; vehicles over four thousand pounds and up to and including seven
thousand pounds net weight shall be taxed at the rate of 2.00 cents a pound;
vehicles over seven thousand pounds and up to and including ten thousand pounds
net weight shall be taxed at the rate of 2.25 cents a pound; vehicles over ten
thousand pounds net weight shall be taxed at a flat rate of $300.
���� (b)� The tax shall become due and payable in each
year together with all other taxes and fees levied by this chapter on a
staggered basis as established by each county as authorized by section 286-51,
the state vehicle weight tax shall likewise be staggered so that the state
vehicle weight tax is collected together with the county fee.� The state vehicle weight tax shall be deemed
delinquent if not paid with the county registration fee.� The tax shall be paid by the owner of each
vehicle to the director of finance of the county in which the vehicle is
registered and shall be collected by the director of finance of such county
together with all other fees and taxes levied by this chapter from the owner of
each vehicle and motor vehicle registered in the county.
���� By the
fifteenth day of the month following the month in which taxes under this
section are collected, the director of finance of each county shall transmit
the taxes collected to the state director of finance for deposit into the state
highway fund.
���� (c)� The exemptions provided by sections 249-3 to
249-6 shall apply to this section.� The
provisions for refunds, and taxes for fraction of years for vehicles removed
from or brought into the State and for junked vehicles, contained in sections
249-3 and 249-5 shall apply to the tax levied by this section.
���� (d)� If it is shown to the satisfaction of the
department of transportation of the State, based upon proper records and from
such other evidence as the department of transportation may require, that any
vehicle with a net vehicle weight of six thousand pounds or over is used for
agricultural purposes the owner thereof may obtain a refund of all taxes
thereon imposed by this section.� The
department of transportation shall prescribe rules to administer such refunds.
���� (e)� The counties shall be reimbursed the
incremental costs incurred in the collection and administration of taxes and
fees imposed under section 249-31 and this section; the amount of reimbursement
shall be determined by the director of transportation.
���� (f)� Notwithstanding any county ordinance to the
contrary, a county's annual vehicle weight tax shall not exceed the annual
state vehicle weight tax imposed pursuant to subsection (a); provided that this
subsection shall only apply to counties with a population of five hundred
thousand or more.
���� (g)� Each county with a population of five hundred
thousand or more shall expend no less than thirty per cent of the respective
revenues collected from the county vehicle weight tax pursuant to subsection
(a) for roadway repair and maintenance; provided that each county shall submit
an annual report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the
convening of each regular session detailing the revenues collected under this
section, current fund balances, and expenditures made from those funds."
���� SECTION
3.� Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.� New statutory material
is underscored.
���� SECTION 4.� This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.
Report Title:
County
Annual Vehicle Registration Fee; Vehicle Weight Tax; Reports
Description:
Specifies
that the county annual vehicle registration fee shall not exceed the state
annual motor vehicle registration fee for counties with a population of five
hundred thousand or more.� Specifies that
counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more are required to
spend a certain portion of the collected revenues from county motor vehicle
registration fees and weight tax on roadway repair and maintenance.� Specifies that the county annual vehicle
weight tax shall not exceed the state annual vehicle weight tax for counties
with a population of five hundred thousand or more.� Requires annual reports to the Legislature.� Effective 7/1/3000.� (SD1)
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