§291D-2  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter:



"Concurrent trial" means a trial
proceeding held in the district or family court in which the defendant is tried
simultaneously in a civil case for any charged traffic infraction and in a
criminal case for any related criminal offense, with trials to be held in one
court on the same date and at the same time.



"Hearing" means a proceeding
conducted by the district court pursuant to section 291D-8 at which the person
to whom a notice of traffic infraction was issued either admits to the traffic
infraction, contests the notice of traffic infraction, or admits to the traffic
infraction but offers an explanation to mitigate the monetary assessment
imposed.



"Notice of traffic infraction"
includes a notice of parking infraction.



"Related criminal offense" means any
criminal violation or crime, committed in the same course of conduct as a
traffic infraction, for which the defendant is arrested or charged.



"Traffic infraction" means all
violations of statutes, ordinances, or rules relating to traffic movement and
control, including parking, standing, equipment, and pedestrian offenses, for
which the prescribed penalties do not include imprisonment and that are not
otherwise specifically excluded from coverage of this chapter.



"Trial" means a trial conducted by
the district court pursuant to the rules of the district court and the Hawaii rules of evidence. [L 1993, c 214, pt of §2; am L 1997, c 60, §8; am L 2007, c 85,
§2]



 



Rules of Court



 



  Additional definitions, see HCTR rule 3.



 



Case Notes



 



  "Traffic offense" exception of HRPP rule 48 applied
exclusively to "all violations of statutes, ordinances, or rules relating
to traffic movement and control, including parking, standing, equipment, and
pedestrian offenses, for which the prescribed penalties do not include
imprisonment" (i.e., "traffic infractions").  78 H. 54, 890 P.2d
291.