HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 216 Draft 01 2000-2002 COUNTY O~ IIAWAI`I STATE OF ~IAWAI`I
SILL NO. 216
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 24-19, HAWAII
COUNTY CODE (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
BE IT ORDAINED SY TIIE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this measure is to establish an annual County registration fee and
to increase related fees to appropriate levels.
The proposed new annual county registration fee and the increase to other related fees are
intended to match the fees more appropriately to the cost of services being provided. The plate and emblem
fees were established in 1979 and have never been increased. Additional fees for transfers, corrections, and
duplicate certificates were established in 1982 and 1985, and have not increased. The County's cost of
providing services has risen over the years and the proposed rate increases and new annual fee are intended
to generate revenues to maintain services.
SECTION 2. Chapter 24, Article 4, Section 24-19, Hawaii County Code (1995 Edition), is amended to
read as follows:
"Section 24-19. Vehicle registration fees.
(a) The fee for issuance for a new series of number plates for vehicles shall be [$3.50] ~5.
(b) The fee for issuance of a tag or emblem for a vehicle, upon payment of the applicable tax, in any
year shall be 50 cents.
(c) The fee for replacement of a lost or mutilated number plate or plates, tag, or emblem, shall be as
follows:
(1) Number plates, [$3.50]
(2) Tag or emblem, 50 cents.
(d) The transfer of ownership fee for issuance of a new certificate of ownership shall be [$2]
(e) The transfer fee for issuance of a new certificate of registration on a trailer shall be [$2] ~5.
(f) The fee for dealer correction for each instance of correction of the registration record shall be
[$2]
(g) The fee for duplicate certificate of registration or certificate of ownership shall be [$2] ~5.
(h) A fee of $1 per certificate of registration shall be assessed and collected annually together with
other applicable vehicle taxes and fees, to be used for highway beautification and disposal of
abandoned vehicles.
(i) An annual fee of $4 per vehicle shall be charged for each vehicle registration, which shall be paid
at the same time as the motor vehicle tax paid pursuant to section 24-17 of this chapter. The proceeds
from this fee shall be allocated to establish a fund for the towing, removal, disposal and recycling of
abandoned or discarded automobiles and automobile parts, and such fund entitled "Vehicle Disposal
Fund" is hereby established.
(il An annual County registration fee of $5 per vehicle shall be char,
eg~d for each vehicle re..i~stration,
which shall be paid at the same time as the motor vehicle tax paid pursuant to section 24-17 of this
chapter. "
SECTION 3. Material to be deleted is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this
ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material, and underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 4. Severability. 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 provision or application, and, to the end, the provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon the first day of the month following sixty days after
enactment.
Introduced By:
C~ ~
Council Member, Co ty of Hawaii
Hawaii
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