Hawaii Revised Statutes
286. Highway Safety
286-26.5 Special interest vehicles.

§286-26.5 Special interest vehicles. (a) As used in this section:
"Collector" means an owner of one or more vehicles, including parts vehicles, who collects, purchases, acquires, trades, or disposes of a vehicle or its parts, for the owner's own use, to preserve, restore, and maintain the vehicle or another vehicle for hobby or historical purposes.
"Parts vehicle" means a vehicle that is owned by a collector to furnish parts for the restoration or maintenance of a special interest vehicle.
"Street rod replica vehicle" means a vehicle that was assembled from a manufactured kit, either as:
(1) A complete kit to construct a new vehicle consisting of a prefabricated body and chassis;
(2) Components manufactured before 1968; or
(3) Components manufactured after 1967 to resemble a vehicle manufactured before 1968;
and that has been modified in its body style or design through the use of nonoriginal or reproduction components, such as the frame, engine, drive train, suspension, or brakes, in a manner that does not adversely affect its safe performance as a motor vehicle or render the vehicle unlawful for use on public highways.
"Street rod vehicle" means a vehicle that was:
(1) Manufactured before 1968; or
(2) Manufactured after 1967 to resemble a vehicle manufactured before 1968;
and that has been modified in its body style or design through the use of nonoriginal or reproduction components, such as the frame, engine, drive train, suspension, or brakes, in a manner that does not adversely affect its safe performance as a motor vehicle or render the vehicle unlawful for use on public highways. The term does not include a motorcycle, an antique vehicle, or a restored vehicle.
(b) If a street rod vehicle was manufactured before 1968 and has been modified in body style or design, the make and year of the vehicle shall be the year the vehicle most nearly resembles. If a street rod vehicle was manufactured after 1967 to resemble a vehicle manufactured before 1968, the body type of the vehicle shall be street rod vehicle or "STRD".
(c) A state vehicle identification number shall be issued to a street rod vehicle that was manufactured after 1967 to resemble a vehicle manufactured before 1968, when no vehicle identification number is present on the vehicle; when more than one vehicle identification number is present on the vehicle; or when the vehicle identification number is absent from the body or frame, or both, of the vehicle. The state vehicle identification number shall be assigned by the director of finance of the county in which the vehicle resides; provided that not more than one hundred vehicle identification numbers shall be issued annually.
To obtain a state vehicle identification number under this subsection, the owner of a street rod vehicle that was manufactured after 1967 to resemble a vehicle manufactured before 1968 shall provide:
(1) A title of ownership from the previous owner of the vehicle's body or frame;
(2) A bill of sale or invoices for all major parts used in the modification of the vehicle; and
(3) A weight certificate issued by a state-certified scale for the actual weight of the vehicle.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary:
(1) Street rod vehicles and street rod replica vehicles shall be equipped with the following equipment:
(A) Hydraulic service brakes on all wheels;
(B) Sealed beam or halogen headlights;
(C) Turn signals and a turn signaling switch;
(D) Safety glass or lexan windshield;
(E) Electric or vacuum windshield wiper located in front of the driver;
(F) Standard or DOT/SAE-approved tail lights;
(G) A parking brake that operates on at least two wheels on the same axle; and
(H) Seat belt assembly as provided in section 291-11.6;
(2) Street rod vehicles and street rod replica vehicles shall be equipped in such a manner that no part of a vehicle, other than the vehicle's tires, will make contact with the surface of a flat highway when the vehicle is operated on the same;
(3) Bumpers, hoods, door handles, and fenders shall be optional equipment on street rod vehicles and street rod replica vehicles; and
(4) Bumpers, hoods, door handles, and fenders shall be optional equipment on vehicles manufactured before 1968, and on vehicles manufactured after 1967 to resemble a vehicle manufactured before 1968.
In the event of a conflict between this subsection and equipment requirements specified in chapters 286, 291 and 291C, this subsection shall control.
(e) If a street rod replica vehicle was assembled from a manufactured kit as a complete kit to construct a new vehicle consisting of a prefabricated body and chassis, the year of the vehicle shall be the year the vehicle resembles as reflected on the manufacturer's certificate of origin. If a street rod replica vehicle was assembled from a manufactured kit as components manufactured before 1968 or components manufactured after 1967 to resemble a vehicle manufactured before 1968, the year of the vehicle shall be the year the vehicle resembles as reflected on the manufacturer's certificate of origin. The certificate of title for a street rod replica vehicle shall be for the make and year the vehicle resembles, and the body type of the vehicle shall be street rod vehicle replica (STRD-RPLC).
(f) The state vehicle identification number of a street rod replica vehicle that was assembled from a manufactured kit as a complete kit to construct a new vehicle consisting of a prefabricated body and chassis shall be taken from the manufacturer's certificate of origin. The state vehicle identification number shall be assigned by the director of finance of the county in which the vehicle resides; provided that not more than one hundred vehicle identification numbers shall be issued annually.
The state vehicle identification number of a street rod replica vehicle that was assembled from a manufactured kit as components manufactured before 1968 or components manufactured after 1967 to resemble a vehicle manufactured before 1968, shall be taken from the manufacturer's certificate of origin or provided by the director of finance of the county in which the vehicle resides.
To obtain a state vehicle identification number under this subsection, the owner of a street rod replica vehicle shall provide:
(1) Ownership documents from the manufacturer of the kit or components;
(2) All shipping and freight documents for the kit or components; and
(3) A weight certificate issued by a state-certified scale for the actual weight of the vehicle.
(g) A state vehicle identification number shall be issued to a street rod replica vehicle when the vehicle identification number is absent from the body or frame, or both, of the vehicle; or when the vehicle identification number is absent from the manufacturer's certificate of origin. The state vehicle identification number shall be assigned by the director of finance of the county in which the vehicle resides; provided that not more than one hundred vehicle identification numbers shall be issued annually. [L 1997, c 246, §2; am L 2004, c 126, §2]

Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes

Hawaii Revised Statutes

Title 17. Motor and Other Vehicles

286. Highway Safety

286-1 Short title.

286-2 Definitions.

286-3 Powers and duties of the governor.

286-4 REPEALED.

286-4.1 Medical advisory board.

286-5 State highway safety council.

286-6 County traffic or highway safety councils.

286-7 County highway safety programs.

286-7.5 Vision Zero.

286-8 Rules and regulations.

286-9 Facilities for physically handicapped persons.

286-10 Arrest or citation.

286-11 REPEALED.

286-12 All-terrain vehicle; utility-terrain vehicle; permitted use.

286-16 Powers and duties.

286-17 Enforcement.

286-18 Rules.

286-21 Vehicles and mopeds without required equipment or in unsafe condition.

286-22 Inspection by officers of the police department.

286-23 Responsibility for compliance.

286-24 Registered owner's responsibility; registration plates as prima facie evidence as to the fault of the registered owner.

286-25 Operation of a vehicle or moped without a certificate of inspection.

286-26 Certificates of inspection.

286-26.5 Special interest vehicles.

286-27 Permits to operate official inspection stations.

286-28 Fines.

286-29 Improper representation as official inspection station.

286-30 False certificates.

286-31 Vehicle inspector; certification; renewal.

286-41 Application for registration; full faith and credit to current certificates; this part not applicable to certain equipment.

286-42 County finance director's duties.

286-43 Defacing serial numbers, etc., of motor vehicles.

286-44 Unlawful to possess certain motor vehicles, parts, etc.; forfeiture.

286-44.5 Salvage certificate.

286-45 Records of county finance director.

286-46 Tax lien and encumbrance record.

286-47 Certificate of registration; certificate of ownership; containers.

286-47.2 Certificate of trailer registration.

286-47.5 Notice of change of address or name; penalty.

286-48 Certificates of ownership of salvaged motor vehicles.

286-49 Registration of vehicles under two or more names.

286-50 Registration of vehicle located outside State; correction of errors; fee for correcting errors.

286-51 Registration, expense.

286-51.5 Junking of nonrepairable vehicle.

286-52 Procedure when title of vehicle transferred; delivery of certificate mandatory.

286-52.4 Terminal rental adjustment clause; vehicle leases.

286-52.5 Procedure when registration of a trailer transferred.

286-53 Dealers in new motor vehicles.

286-53.1 Boat dealers; trailers without plates.

286-53.5 Permanent registration of fleet vehicles.

286-53.6 Fleet vehicles, fees.

286-54 Out-of-state vehicle permit.

286-55 Certificates lost or mutilated.

286-56 Official cars.

286-56.5 Special license plates for consul or official representative of foreign or territorial government.

286-57 Unlawful removal of motor vehicles from State.

286-58 Appeal from finance director's decision.

286-59 Appeal; procedure.

286-60 Rules of procedure; costs; appeal.

286-61 Penalty.

286-62 Special license plates authorized.

286-63 Shape, size and color of plates; how affixed.

286-64 Regulation plates to be surrendered.

286-65 Surrender, transfer, and disposal of special plates.

286-66 Director in charge.

286-67 Fees.

286-68 Interpretation of part.

286-69 Penalty.

286-71 Autocycles.

286-81 Motorcycle, motor scooter, moped, etc.; protective devices.

286-81.5 Leased or rented moped or motor scooter; flag required.

286-82 Penalty.

286-83 Sales of motor vehicle equipment; approval and identification required; prohibitions on use.

286-84 Revocation of approval.

286-85 Reconstructed vehicles, approval required.

286-86 Counterfeit air bags.

286-91 to 286-97 REPEALED.

286-101 Designation of examiner of drivers.

286-101.5 Reciprocal licensing privileges.

286-102 Licensing.

286-102.3 Commercial drivers under the age of twenty-one.

286-102.5 Military Selective Service Act; Selective Service System registration.

286-102.6 Provisional license for persons under the age of eighteen. (a) A person may be granted a provisional license to drive passenger cars of any gross vehicle weight rating, buses designed to transport fifteen or fewer occupants, and trucks and...

286-103 Restrictions on driver's license; rules and regulations.

286-104 Which persons shall not be licensed.

286-104.5 Limited purpose driver's license, limited purpose provisional driver's license, and limited purpose instruction permits.

286-105 What persons are exempt from license

286-106 Expiration of licenses.

286-106.5 Expiration of licenses; out-of-country active duty military personnel and dependents.

286-107 License renewals; procedures and requirements.

286-107.5 Reactivation of expired license; fees; road test waived. (a) Unless revoked or suspended, and except as provided in subsection (b), all drivers' licenses expired under section 286-106 may be reactivated by the licensee in accordance with th...

286-108 Examination of applicants.

286-108.4 Driver education and behind-the-wheel driver training program.

286-108.5 REPEALED.

286-109 General provision governing the issuance of licenses.

286-109.4 Designation of advance health-care directive.

286-109.5 Designation of anatomical gift.

286-109.6 Limited access to driver's license anatomical gift data.

286-109.7 Organ and tissue education fee.

286-110 Instruction permits.

286-111 Application for license, provisional license, instruction permit, limited purpose driver's license, limited purpose provisional driver's license, or limited purpose instruction permit; fees.

286-111.5 Voter registration. (a) A qualified applicant for a new or renewed motor vehicle driver's license shall automatically be registered to vote with the clerk of the appropriate county upon completion of the driver's license application and app...

286-112 Application of minors; liability of parents or guardian.

286-113 Release from liability.

286-114 Revocation of license, provisional license, or instruction permit upon death of person signing minor's application.

286-115 REPEALED.

286-116 License, insurance identification card, possession, exhibition.

286-116.5 Notice of change of address or name; penalty.

286-117 Duplicate permits, provisional licenses, and licenses.

286-118 Records to be kept by the examiner of drivers.

286-118.5 License revoked for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant; eligibility for license renewal.

286-119 Authority of examiner of drivers to suspend or revoke licenses.

286-120 Authority of examiner of drivers to cancel licenses.

286-121 Suspending or revoking privileges of nonresident and reporting convictions, suspensions, and revocations.

286-122 Suspension of a license; surrender.

286-123 Record of conviction forwarded to examiner of drivers.

286-124 Mandatory revocation of license by a court.

286-125 Discretionary revocation or suspension of license by a court.

286-126 Period of suspension or revocation.

286-127 REPEALED.

286-128 Evaluation of nonresident driving privileges; reports of outside convictions; reports of convictions by courts-martial or United States commissioners.

286-129 Appeal to circuit court.

286-130 No operation under foreign license during revocation or suspension in this State.

286-131 Unlawful use of license.

286-132 Driving while license suspended or revoked.

286-133 Unlawful to permit unauthorized person to drive.

286-134 Employing unlicensed driver.

286-135 Renting motor vehicle to another.

286-136 Penalty.

286-137 District courts to keep records.

286-138 Prohibiting "fixing" of tickets and providing penalties therefor; nolle prosequi by prosecuting attorney only by motion and approval of court.

286-139 Preferred insurance rate.

286-140 REPEALED.

286-151 to 286-163 REPEALED.

286-171 Statewide traffic records system.

286-172 Furnishing of information.

286-181 Pupil transportation safety.

286-191 REPEALED.

286-201 Definitions.

286-202 General duties and powers of the director.

286-202.5 Driver improvement program.

286-202.6 Marking of motor carrier vehicles.

286-202.8 Mudguards; protective devices.

286-203 Enforcement.

286-204 Accounts, records, and reports.

286-204.5 Vehicle identification card.

286-205 Reports as evidence.

286-206 Penalty.

286-207 Exemptions, certain vehicles.

286-208 Exemptions, vehicles used by farmers.

286-209 Safety inspection of motor carrier vehicles.

286-210 Operation of a motor carrier vehicle without a safety inspection decal.

286-211 Permits to operate official inspection stations.

286-212 Suspension or revocation of permits.

286-213 Improper representation as official inspection station.

286-214 False certificates.

286-215 Fees and charges.

286-216 Fines, fees and charges.

286-221 Definitions.

286-222 General powers.

286-223 Scope.

286-224 Inspections.

286-225 Hazardous materials incident reporting.

286-226 Routes.

286-227 Penalty.

286-231 Definitions.

286-232 Limitation on number of driver's licenses.

286-233 Notification requirements.

286-234 Employer responsibilities.

286-235 Commercial driver's license required.

286-235.5 Persons exempt from licensure.

286-236 Commercial driver's license qualification standards.

286-236.5 Renumbered as §286-102.3.

286-237 REPEALED.

286-238 Application for commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit.

286-238.2 Commercial learner's permit. (a) A commercial learner's permit shall be tamperproof; be marked with the words "commercial learner's permit" or "CLP" displayed prominently; include a statement that it is not valid for driving a commercial mo...

286-238.5 REPEALED.

286-239 Commercial driver's license.

286-239.5 Reactivation of expired commercial driver's license; fees; road test waived.

286-240 Disqualification, cancellation, and downgrade.

286-241 Notification of disqualification, suspension, revocation, cancellation, marking medical certification status as not-certified, or downgrading of commercial driver's licenses or permits.

286-241.4 Authority of examiner of drivers to suspend, revoke, cancel, mark the medical certification status as not-certified, or downgrade commercial driver's license or permit.

286-241.5 Notification and hearing.

286-241.6 Appeal to circuit court.

286-242 Commercial drivers prohibited from operating with any alcohol in their body.

286-243 Implied consent requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers.

286-244 Notification of traffic convictions.

286-245 Driving record information to be recorded and furnished.

286-246 Authority to make rules.

286-247 Authority to enter agreements.

286-248 Reciprocity.

286-249 Penalty.

286-251 to 286-266 REPEALED.

286-271 Interisland shipping of vehicles; proof required.

286-301 Issuance of identification card or temporary card.

286-301.5 Non-compliant identification cards.

286-302 Oaths and investigations.

286-303 Application for identification card.

286-303.5 Voter registration. (a) A qualified applicant for a new, renewal, or duplicate identification card shall automatically be registered to vote with the clerk of the appropriate county upon completion of an application for identification card...

286-304 Procedure

286-305 Contents and characteristics; form.

286-306 Expiration; renewal; replacement.

286-307 Identification cards not to be altered; duties of holder; lost certificates.

286-308 Correction or alteration of records and identification cards in cases of error or subsequent changes concerning names, citizenship, description, etc.

286-309 Rules.

286-310 Forms.

286-311 Custody and use of records; confidential information.

286-312 Civil identification card fee special fund.

286-313 Reimbursement to counties.