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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 7, SECTION 24-167 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO OPERATION OF VEHICLES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this measure is to amend the requirements for towing of vehicles and trailers. SECTION 2. Chapter 24, article 7, section 24-167, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: Section 24-167. Towed vehicles [:] and trailers. (a) When one vehicle is towing another, the drawbar or other [en~~genc-y] connection shall be [^~ °~~~~^~°~* °+r°r^*'~ *^ r~~" ^" ~ ^'~* *^~~~°~'.] equipped with an additional safety chain or chains (stay chain or cable adequate to hold such vehicle to the towing vehicle in the event of tow bar or other connection and/or coupling failure. Each chain or cable and its accompan~g coupling and mounting devices shall have an ultimate strength equal to at least the gross weight of the vehicle. (b) No person shall operate a train of vehicles when any trailer, semi-trailer, or other vehicle being towed whips or swerves from side to side dangerously or unreasonably or fails to follow substantially in the path of the towing vehicle. ~c,) Every trailer or towed vehicle to be operated upon a public highway shall, in addition to a tow bar, be equipped with a safety chain or chains (stay chain or cable) adequate to hold such vehicle to the towing vehicle in the event of tow bar and/or coupling failure. Each chain or cable and its accompanying coupling and mounting devices shall have an ultimate stren tg h equal to at least the gross weight of the trailer. This section shall not apply to trailers or towed vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating over 10,0001bs equipped with full airbrakes that meet the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.