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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 249-4 (2025)

  Exemptions for new vehicles and official vehicles

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     §249-4  Exemptions for new vehicles and official vehicles.  All new vehicles, otherwise taxable under sections 249-1 to 249-13, in stock for purposes of sale, shall be exempt from the tax herein provided, and number plates for all these vehicles may be issued as now and hereafter provided by ordinance of the county.  All motor vehicles owned or leased for twelve months or longer by the State or any county and all motor vehicles and motorcycles owned or leased for twelve months or longer by police officers of the State or any county that actually are used by them in their travel on official business shall be exempt from the tax herein provided, and number plates for all these vehicles may be issued as provided by ordinance of the county; provided that the director of finance may charge the State an amount equal to the cost to the county of the number plates issued to the State. [RL 1935, pt of §2157; am L 1937, c 214, §1, subs 3; am L 1941, c 193, §1; RL 1945, pt of §5704; am L 1951, c 222, pt of §3; am L 1953, c 143, pt of §2; RL 1955, §130-4; HRS §249-4; am L 1989, c 355, §1; am L 1992, c 247, §1]

 

 

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Cited in 4 cases, 1960–2020 · leading case: State v. Moeller, 433 P.2d 136 (Haw. 1967).
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State v. Moeller, 433 P.2d 136 (Haw. 1967). · cites it 7× “1955, reads as follows: “§ 249-4. Insane person. Any person acting under mental derangement, rendering him incompetent to discern the nature and criminality of an act done by him, shall not be subject to punishment therefor; provided, that if any such person, while capable of…”
State v. Foster, 354 P.2d 960 (Haw. 1960). · cites it 4× “1955, § 249-4, dealing with mental derangement.”
State v. Glenn., 468 P.3d 126 (Haw. 2020). “4, § 24. The law on penal responsibility remained the same for the duration of Hawaiʻi’s territorial government and into its first two decades of statehood.”
State v. Nuetzel, 606 P.2d 920 (Haw. 1980). “2d 136 (1967), we expressed dissatisfaction with the rule stating: “The rule of criminal responsibility established by Section 249-4 is extremely inadequate and antiquated.”
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