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HB663
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
663
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating
to special license plates
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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SECTION 1.
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Chapter 249, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as
follows:
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�249-
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Special
number plates for the office of Hawaiian affairs.
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(a)
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Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, the director of finance shall issue to any registered owner of a
motor vehicle, who is a resident of the State and has completed the application
and paid the required fees, a special number plate for the registered owner's
motor vehicle that commemorates the office of Hawaiian affairs and its work to
improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians through advocacy, research,
community engagement, and land management.
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(b)
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The director of finance of the city and
county of Honolulu, in consultation with the directors of finance of the
counties of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii, the chief of police of the city and county
of Honolulu, and the chiefs of police of the counties of Kauai, Maui, and
Hawaii, and representatives from the office of Hawaiian affairs shall establish
a special number plate design that:
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(1)
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Contains words,
images, or both, that indicate the special number plate is issued to recognize the
office of Hawaiian affairs;
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(2)
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Is similar in
shape and size to the uniform state number plate prescribed by law; and
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(3)
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Does not
obstruct the visibility of the number or letters or any other information that
is required by law to be on a number plate and is readily identifiable and
distinguishable under actual traffic conditions.
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(c)
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The special number plate design shall not:
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(1)
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Infringe or
otherwise violate any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, or other
proprietary or property right;
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(2)
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Represent any
obscene or degrading image, idea, word, or phrase;
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(3)
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Advertise or
endorse a product, brand, or service that is provided for sale;
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(4)
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Promote any
religious belief; or
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(5)
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Promote any
philosophy based on prejudice or that is contrary to state civil rights laws.
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(d)
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Each special number plate shall be securely
fastened to the motor vehicle in lieu of the uniform state number plate.
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(e)
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The director of finance shall charge a
special number plate fee at least equal to the county's cost of providing the
special number plate and administrative costs, if any, plus a fundraising fee
to be determined by the director of finance in consultation with the office of
Hawaiian affairs.
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The fundraising fee
shall be in addition to any other state or county fees collected for a motor
vehicle registration or license plate.
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(f)
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The director of finance may charge an
additional fundraising fee, of the same or a different amount as the
fundraising fee established pursuant to subsection (e), for the renewal of a
special number plate.
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If an additional
fundraising fee is implemented pursuant to this subsection, the director of
finance shall revoke the special number plate of the registered owner of a
motor vehicle who fails to pay the additional fundraising fee imposed by this
subsection.
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(g)
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The revenue generated by the fundraising
fees, or a portion of the revenue generated by the fundraising fees as
determined by the director of finance, shall be deposited in the name of the
office of Hawaiian affairs in a separate county budget account.
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The director of finance shall determine the
most efficient means of directing the revenue generated by the fundraising fees
to the office of Hawaiian affairs.
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(h)
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The director of finance may revoke all
special number plates issued pursuant to this section if the total number of
registered owners of motor vehicles that obtain the special number plates is
less than one hundred fifty within three years of issuance of the first special
number plate.
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(i)
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Nothing in this section shall be construed to
apply to any plates issued pursuant to sections 249-9.2 and 249-9.6.
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(j)
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For the purposes of this section, unless a
different meaning appears from the context, "special number plate"
means a license plate that represents the office of Hawaiian affairs.
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SECTION
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Section 10-13,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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Appropriations; accounts;
reports.
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Moneys appropriated by the
legislature for the office shall be payable by the director of finance, upon
vouchers approved by the board, or by any officer elected or appointed by the
board and authorized by the board to approve such vouchers on behalf of the
board.
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All moneys received by or on
behalf of the board shall be deposited with the director of finance and kept
separate from moneys in the state treasury; except that any moneys received
from the federal government or from private contributions shall be deposited
and accounted for in accordance with conditions established by the agencies or
persons from whom the moneys are received; and except that with the concurrence
of the director of finance, moneys received from the federal government for
research, training, and other related purposes of a transitory nature, and
moneys in trust or revolving funds administered by the office, shall be
deposited in depositories other than the state treasury and shall be reported
on to the state comptroller under section 40-81, and rules prescribed
thereunder.
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Income derived from the sale of
goods or services
, revenue collected from fundraising fees pursuant to
section 249- ,
and income from lands and property as
described in section 10-3, shall be credited to special or other funds;
provided that upon the recommendation of the office, the comptroller shall
establish such other separate accounts or special funds for other designated
revenues as may be directed by the board or its authorized
representative."
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SECTION 3.
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New statutory material is underscored.
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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Special
Number Plates; Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Description:
Authorizes
the issuance of special number vehicle license plates commemorating the Office
of Hawaiian Affairs.
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