Report Title:
High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes.
Description:
Allows the Director of Transportation to establish occupancy requirements for high occupancy vehicle lanes. Effective July 1, 2007. (SB1509 HD1)
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1509 |
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
H.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The director of
transportation by rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91, and the counties
by ordinance, may regulate or prohibit the use of any controlled-access roadway
or highway within their respective jurisdictions by any class or kind of
traffic which is found to be incompatible with the normal and safe movement of
traffic. Persons operating motorcycles which are otherwise permitted on a
controlled-access roadway or highway shall be permitted to use any high
occupancy vehicle lane designated on such roadway or highway. For the purposes
of this subsection, "high occupancy vehicle lane" means a designated
lane of a laned roadway where the use of such designated lane is restricted to
vehicles carrying at least [two] the minimum number of persons designated
by the director of transportation as indicated on official signs and other
official traffic-control devices, and to other vehicles as provided by
rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91, or by county ordinance.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no person shall operate a neighborhood
electric vehicle on any controlled-access roadway or highway."
SECTION 2. Section 291C-221, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:
"§291C-221 Definitions. As used in this part unless the context otherwise requires:
"High occupancy
vehicle" means a vehicle carrying at least [two.] the minimum
number of persons[.] designated by the director of transportation
as indicated on official signs and other official traffic-control devices, and
other vehicles as provided by rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91 or by
county ordinance.
"High occupancy vehicle lane" means a
designated lane of a laned roadway where the use of the designated lane is
restricted to school buses, vehicles carrying at least [two] the
minimum number of persons[,] designated by the director of
transportation on official signs and other official traffic-control devices,
and to other vehicles as provided by rules adopted in accordance with chapter
91, or by county ordinance."
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, 2007.