2014 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 19. HEALTH
342B. Air Pollution Control
342B-45 Citation.

§342B-45 Citation. (a) Any person who violates the vehicular smoke emission rules and open burning control rules adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter may be issued a summons or citation for such violation. Violations of vehicular smoke emission rules and open burning control rules shall constitute a violation as defined in section 701-107 and shall be enforced by police officers. The summons or citation shall be printed in the form hereinafter described, warning the person to appear and answer the charge against the person at a certain place and at a time within seven days of the issuance of the summons or citation.

(b) [Subsection effective until June 30, 2015. For subsection effective July 1, 2015, see below.] The summons or citation shall be designed to provide for all necessary information. The form and content of such summons or citation shall be adopted or prescribed by the district courts.

(b) [Subsection effective July 1, 2015. For subsection effective until June 30, 2015, see above.] The summons or citation shall be designed to provide for all necessary information. The form and content of such summons or citation shall be adopted or prescribed by the district environmental courts.

(c) [Subsection effective until June 30, 2015. For subsection effective July 1, 2015, see below.] The original of a summons or citation shall be given to the purported violator and the other copy or copies distributed in the manner prescribed by the district courts; provided that the district courts may prescribe alternative methods of distribution of the original and any other copies.

(c) [Subsection effective July 1, 2015. For subsection effective until June 30, 2015, see above.] The original of a summons or citation shall be given to the purported violator and the other copy or copies distributed in the manner prescribed by the district environmental courts; provided that the district environmental courts may prescribe alternative methods of distribution of the original and any other copies.

(d) Summonses and citations shall be consecutively numbered and the carbon copy or copies of each shall bear the same number.

(e) If any person fails to comply with a summons or citation, the person who issued the summons or citation shall cause a complaint to be entered against the person and secure the issuance of a warrant for the person's arrest. Failure to comply with a summons or citation is a misdemeanor. [L 1992, c 240, pt of §1; am L 1997, c 27, §1; am L 2014, c 218, §8]