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HI HB468

HI HB468
Relating To Transportation.


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Introduced
01/23/2023
In Committee
01/25/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/03/2024

Introduced Session

2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Specifies that a certificate of inspection shall be issued if a vehicle is not equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Requires rules regarding safety check inspections to ensure that a motorcycle, moped, or motor vehicle is not equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Suspends, revokes, or refuses renewal of a permit for an official inspection station upon a third or subsequent wilful violation of any rule regarding inspecting a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Makes violating the noisy muffler laws a petty misdemeanor. Includes repairing or installing a noisy muffler or exhaust system as a prohibited practice for motor vehicle repair regulations.

AI Summary

This bill amends several sections of Hawaii's transportation laws. It requires that vehicles be inspected for compliance with laws prohibiting noisy mufflers or exhaust systems, and allows the suspension or revocation of permits for inspection stations that fail to properly inspect for such issues. The bill also increases the penalty for violating the noisy muffler laws to a petty misdemeanor, and adds the repair or installation of non-compliant mufflers or exhaust systems as a prohibited practice for motor vehicle repair regulations.

Committee Categories

Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (18)

Last Action

Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. (on 12/11/2023)

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