§249-9.1  Special number plates.  Inaddition to the number plates contracted on behalf of the counties by thedirector of finance of the city and county of Honolulu, the director of financemay provide, upon request, special number plates.  The special number platesshall conform to the requirements provided for the uniform number plates exceptthat the owner may request the choice and arrangement of letters and numbers. The maximum number of letters and numbers shall be six and only one hyphen willbe allowed in addition to and in lieu of the six letters and numerals.  Noother punctuation marks shall be allowed.  The director of finance shall notissue special number plates which have the letter and numeral combination ofregular plates, are misleading or publicly objectionable.  The fee for specialnumber plates shall be $25 upon initial application and $25 upon each annualrenewal of the vehicle registration.  This fee shall not be refundable. Re-application for special number plates must be made upon a change in designof regular plates.  The director of finance may discard and allow for newapplications of inactive special number plates that have not been assigned orregistered during the preceding three years.  The director of finance shalladopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to carry out this section. [L 1969, c 121,§1; am L 1982, c 237, §3; am L 1990, c 37, §1; am L 1999, c 208, §2]