Haw. Code R. § 19-150-9 - Permit suspension

(a) The Department may immediately suspend a permit for any of the following reasons:

(1) The permitted manufacturer or other entities submitted incorrect or misleading information in its permit application;

(2) The permitted manufacturer or other entities fail to report to the Department any change to the information or certifications required and provided in the permit application under § 19-150-3 within ten business days of the date of the change; or

(3) The permitted manufacturer or other entities fail to notify the Department of a reportable crash within the time limits set forth in § 19-150-8.

(4) The permitted manufacturer or other entities fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter related to the testing of autonomous vehicles.

(5) If the permitted manufacturer or other entities test any vehicle equipped with an SAE classification of vehicle automation level system that is not authorized to be tested by the permit;

(6) If the permitted manufacturer or other entities have misrepresented any information related to safety of the autonomous technology of its vehicles;

(7) If the permitted manufacturer's or other entities' autonomous vehicles are subject to an open National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall related to the vehicle's autonomous technology;

(8) Based upon the performance of the AVs, including the reportable crash history of the AVs, the Department determines the permitted manufacturer's or other entities' vehicles are not safe for the public's operation; or

(9) The Department determines that the suspension of testing is required for public safety.

(b) Upon suspension of a permit by the Department, a permitted manufacturer or other entities shall cease all further testing of affected autonomous vehicles with the affected autonomous technology feature enabled on public streets until the Department has verified that the permitted manufacturer or other entities have taken appropriate action to correct the deficiencies or complied with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall that led to the suspension and the suspension has been lifted or withdrawn by the Department.

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Haw. Code R. § 19-150-9

[Eff 7/31/2022] (Auth: SLH (2020), Act 21 §1) (Imp: SLH (2020), Act 21 §1)