§437D-17.5  Rental agreements; unpaid
traffic infractions.  Pursuant to section 291D-3.5, or other sections of
the law and except for summons, citations, or violations relating to the care
and maintenance of a rental motor vehicle, the lessor, as the registered owner
of the rental motor vehicle, may be responsible for fines, costs, penalties,
fees, or other charges related to traffic infractions of a motor vehicle while
being leased or rented to a lessee.  The lessor may adopt a policy of charging
the lessee the actual amount paid for the traffic infractions to the court or
other state government agency or county government plus an administrative fee
not to exceed out-of-pocket expenses documented by receipts plus up to four
hours of work multiplied by Hawaii's prevailing minimum wage relating to
research of files and communications with the court, county government or
governmental agencies and lessee; provided that every rental agreement of a
lessor adopting the policy must disclose, at a minimum, in plain language and
in at least ten-point bold typeface print:



(1)  The maximum estimated amount of the
administrative fee to be charged; and



(2)  Language encouraging the lessee to pay directly
to the court, county government or other appropriate government agency the
applicable fines, costs, monetary assessments, penalties, fees, surcharges, or
other charges. [L 1993, c 247, §1; am L 2007, c 85, §11]