Hawaii Revised Statutes
249. County Vehicular Taxes
249-31.5 Exemptions from registration fees for certain vehicles; disabled veterans.

§249-31.5 Exemptions from registration fees for certain vehicles; disabled veterans. (a) A disabled veteran who:
(1) Is a resident of Hawaii;
(2) Has been other than dishonorably discharged from the United States uniformed armed forces; and
(3) Is determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have a service-connected one hundred per cent disability rating for compensation or a service-connected disability rating of one hundred per cent,
shall be exempt from payment of all annual vehicle registration fees as required by section 249-31; provided that this exemption shall not extend to any vehicle used for commercial purposes or to more than one vehicle owned by the disabled veteran.
(b) The director of the office of veterans' services, in consultation with the policy advisory board on [veterans'] services, shall submit a report to the legislature and the department of taxation no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session providing the legislature and the department of taxation with the total number of disabled veterans who qualify under this section for the exemption from annual vehicle registration fees. [L 2015, c 128, §1; am L 2019, c 188, §1]

Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes

Hawaii Revised Statutes

Title 14. Taxation

249. County Vehicular Taxes

249-1 Definitions.

249-2 Imposition of tax.

249-3 and 249-3.5 REPEALED.

249-4 Exemptions for new vehicles and official vehicles.

249-5 REPEALED.

249-5.5 Stored vehicles. (a) All vehicles taxable under sections 249-1, 249-2, 249-4 and 249-6 to 249-13, which are stored so that they are not used for transportation, or for the other purposes covered by section 249-2, shall be exempt from the tax...

249-6 Exemptions for certain cars furnished to disabled veterans.

249-6.5 Exemption for National Guard, military reserves, and other active duty military personnel claiming Hawaii as their residence of record.

249-7 Number plates.

249-7.5 New motor vehicle with a temporary number plate.

249-8 Replacements for lost or damaged plates, tags, or emblems.

249-9 Number plates; purchase.

249-9.1 Special number plates.

249-9.2 Special number plates; military service.

249-9.3 Special number plates; design and issuance by counties.

249-9.4 Special series number plates.

249-9.5 Special number plates for Haleakala National Park and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park authorized.

249-9.6 Special number plates; Polynesian Voyaging Society authorized.

249-9.7 Special number plates for environmental conservation; authorized.

249-10 Delinquent penalties; seizure and sale for tax.

249-11 Fraudulent use of plates, tags, or emblems and other misdemeanors; penalties.

249-12 Standard size license plates.

249-13 Determination of rate.

249-14 Bicycle fee.

249-14.1 Number plates for mopeds; registration; fine.

249-14.2 Procedure when registration of a bicycle or moped transferred. (a) Upon transfer of registered ownership in or to a bicycle or moped, the person whose interest is to be transferred and the transferee shall write their signatures with pen and...

249-14.3 Exemption from fee and tag.

249-14.5 New bicycles and mopeds.

249-14.6 Violations; penalty.

249-15 Seizure and sale.

249-16 Duplicate bicycle tag; duplicate moped license plate and tag; and duplicate certificates of registration.

249-17 False tag, license plate, bicycle or moped, penalty.

249-17.5 Bikeway fund; established.

249-18 Highway fund.

249-31 State registration fee.

249-31.5 Exemptions from registration fees for certain vehicles; disabled veterans.

249-32 REPEALED.

249-33 State vehicle weight tax, exemptions.

249-34 Delinquent penalties; seizure and sale for tax and fee.

249-35 Electric foot scooters; registration.