(a) Anytime after the effective date of revocation or after the administrative hearing decision is mailed pursuant to section 291E-38(i), a qualified household member or co-owner of a motor vehicle with a respondent who has had a motor vehicle registration revoked under this part may submit a sworn statement to the director requesting a special motor vehicle registration. The director may grant the request upon determining that the following conditions have been met:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-48

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Director: means the administrative director of the courts or any other person within the judiciary appointed by the director to conduct administrative reviews or hearings or carry out other functions relating to administrative revocation under part III. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1
  • Household member: means :

    (1) Persons who reside in the same dwelling unit as the respondent; or
    (2) Persons under twenty-one years of age who are related to the respondent by marriage, blood, or adoption, regardless of whether they reside in the same dwelling unit with the respondent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1
  • License: means any driver's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under, or granted by, the laws of this State and includes:

    (1) Any learner's permit or instruction permit;
    (2) The privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle, regardless of whether the person holds a valid license;
    (3) Any nonresident's operating privilege; and
    (4) The eligibility, including future eligibility, of any person to apply for a license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1
  • Number plates: refer to the number plates or special number plates, which are commonly known as license plates, that are issued under sections 249-9, 249-9. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1
  • Respondent: means a person to whom a notice of administrative revocation has been issued following an arrest for a violation of § 291E-61 or 291E-61. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1
  • Vehicle: includes a:

    (1) Motor vehicle;
    (2) Moped; and
    (3) Vessel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1
(1) The applicant is a household member of the respondent’s or a co-owner of the vehicle;
(2) The applicant has a license that has not expired or been suspended or revoked;
(3) The applicant is completely dependent on the motor vehicle for the necessities of life;
(4) The director finds that the applicant will take reasonable precautions to ensure that the respondent will not drive the vehicle; and
(5) The respondent does not have a valid ignition interlock permit.

A person to whom a special motor vehicle registration has been granted shall apply to the director of the appropriate county agency for special series number plates, as provided in section 249-9.4.

(b) The director shall revoke the special motor vehicle registration if any one of the conditions set forth in the application no longer exist.
(c) The applicant shall be under an affirmative duty to report to the director any changes in the conditions to the special motor vehicle registration.
(d) The director shall adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 91, necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.