§286-105  What persons are exempt
from license.  The following persons are exempt from license:



(1)  Any person while driving or operating a motor
vehicle in the service or employ of any branch or agency of the federal
government; provided that the person has received a license or permit from the
branch or agency to operate and drive the motor vehicle; provided further that
the branch or agency has been duly authorized by the federal government to
issue the license or permit;



(2)  Any person while driving or operating any road
machine, farm tractor, or implement of husbandry temporarily operated or moved
on a highway; provided that no person under the age of thirteen years shall be
permitted to drive or operate any such road machine, farm tractor, or implement
of husbandry on a highway;



(3)  Any person who is at least eighteen years of age
and who has in the person's possession a valid driver's license to drive the
categories of motor vehicles listed in section 286-102(b), except section
286-102(b)(4), that is equivalent to a driver's license issued in this State
but was issued to the person in another state of the United States, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
Guam, a province of the Dominion of Canada, or the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands for that category of motor vehicle which the person is
operating;



(4)  Any person who has in the person's possession a
valid commercial motor vehicle driver's license issued by any state of the
United States, Mexico, or a province of the Dominion of Canada that issues
licenses in accordance with the minimum federal standards for the issuance of
commercial motor vehicle driver's licenses; and



(5)  Any person who drives or operates state or county
motor vehicles while employed by, in the service of, or volunteering for the
state or county fire departments, provided that they are trained and certified
to drive category (4) motor vehicles as set forth in section 286-102(b)(4) by
the state or county government, as appropriate, and provided that the person
maintains a category (3) license as set forth in section 286-102(b)(3). [L
1937, c 234, §3; RL 1945, §7303; am L Sp 1949, c 19, §3; RL 1955, §160-33; am L
1957, c 82, §1 and c 159, §1; am L 1967, c 214, §7; HRS §286-105; am L 1970, c
164, §3; am L 1971, c 127, §2; am L 1972, c 2, pt of §6; am L 1976, c 5, §2; am
L 1979, c 108, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1986, c 224, §2; am L 1989, c 320, §5; am
L 1990, c 11, §1 and c 342, §19; am L 1993, c 268, §1; am L 1997, c 73, §1]