HI HB177

Eliminates all fees associated with issuing or renewing civil identification cards in Hawaii, making them free of charge for all applicants.

Modifies sections 286-301, 286-301.5, 286-301.6, 286-303, 286-306, 286-308, and 286-309 of Hawaii Revised Statutes to remove fee requirements for original applications, renewals, duplicates, and changes to card information.

Requires the director to adopt rules authorizing the examiner of drivers to waive fees in cases of extreme hardship, though no fees shall be charged under any circumstances per the amended statute.

Appropriates funds from general revenues to the Department of Transportation for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to cover civil identification card issuance costs, conditioned on dollar-for-dollar matching by the counties.

Effective date is June 30, 3000 (note: this appears to be a drafting error as the year is clearly incorrect).