STAND. COM. REP. NO.129
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1272
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1272 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ALTERNATE FUELED VEHICLES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to support the State's policy of encouraging consumer acceptance of alternative fueled vehicles by:
(1) Requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT) to adopt rules for the registration of the vehicle and to create special license plates to designate the vehicle;
(2) Exempting the vehicle from high occupancy vehicle restrictions or other similar control measures; and
(3) Waiving various fees for five years, including motor vehicle registration fees and the special license plate fee; provided that every two years, DOT will determine whether the incentive program will be continued.
DOT, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Gas Company submitted testimony supporting the intent of measure.
Your Committee has amended the bill to define "alternate fueled vehicle" as any vehicle that exclusively uses an alternate fuel as defined in the National Energy Policy Act.
Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for clarity, style, and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1272, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1272, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,
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____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair |
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