Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 5 - MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY OFFICE › Chapter 134 - APPROVAL OF RECONSTRUCTED VEHICLES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19-134-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise:
"Bumper" means a horizontal load bearing protective system
					 installed on a motor vehicle which is constructed of sturdy materials that will
					 not shatter or split upon moderate impact and provide adequate protection
					 against damage to the front and rear external lighting and reflective devices,
					 hood, trunk, doors, painted surfaces, cooling system, exhaust system, and other
					 components during a low speed impact.
"Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more
					 than ten passengers and used for the transportation of persons.
"County department" means the county department designated
					 by the county chief executive officer as having the responsibility for the
					 inspection, certification, issuance of permits and stickers for reconstructed
					 vehicles, and for providing appropriate notice as required to the county
					 vehicle registration authority.
"Director" means the director of the state department of
					 transportation.
"Frame or frame chassis" means the basic structural
					 supporting assembly of a vehicle including unit body structures.
"Modified vehicle kit" means a package of components,
					 other than original equipment or original equipment replacements, which when
					 assembled becomes the major body assembly, or the major structural assembly, or
					 both, used to construct or reconstruct a complete and operable vehicle.
"Modified vehicle manufacturer" means every person who
					 manufactures or assembles two or more reconstructed vehicles having
					 substantially the same design, construction, and equipment characteristics, and
					 offers these vehicles for sale,
"Modified vehicle kit manufacturer" means every person who
					 manufactures, distributes, offers for sale, or sells, a modified vehicle
					 kit.
"Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle having a seat or
					 saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three
					 wheels in contact with the ground, but excludes farm tractor as defined in
					 section
					 286-2, HRS, and a
					 moped as defined in section
					 286-2, HRS.
"Offset wheel" leans a wheel with the mounting flange
					 surface located to one side of the wheel centerline.
"Passenger car" means every motor vehicle, except
					 motorcycles and motor scooters, designed for carrying ten passengers or less
					 and used for the transportation of persons.
"Recognized manufacturer of vehicles" means every person
					 who is engaged in the business of assembling new components into a complete and
					 operable vehicle intended for use on the public highways and offers the vehicle
					 for distribution and sale in the United States and is registered as a vehicle
					 manufacturer with the United States Department of Transportation.
"Reconstructed vehicle" means a vehicle registered to be
					 operated on a public highway which:
(1) is assembled from new or used parts by a person other
					 than a recognized manufacturer of vehicles; or
(2) is modified to the extent that the identity of its
					 make, model, or type is obscured by material changes in its appearance;
					 or
(3) Is modified by the removal, addition, alteration, or
					 substitution of other than original replacement essential parts, including but
					 not limited to its body, power train, steering system, suspension system,
					 exhaust system, intake system, or bumper system; excluding ordinary body repair
					 which does not change the exterior structure of the vehicle.
"Rim" means a metal support for a tire or a tire and tube
					 assembly upon which the tire beads are seated.
"Tire" means the rubber casing and tread assembly, with or
					 without a tube, that is mounted on a rim to provide pneumatically cushioned
					 contact and traction with the road.
"Truck" means a motor vehicle designed, used, or
					 maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
"Vehicle" means every device in, upon, or by which any
					 person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, but
					 excludes mopeds and devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon
					 stationary rails or tracks.
"Wheel" means a disk or series of spokes with a rim around
					 the outside circumference for mounting the tire and a hub at the center which
					 turns with or revolves around an axle.
"Wheel track" means the width of the track as measured
					 from the center to center of the tires on the same axle.