STAND. COM. REP. NO. 959
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1427
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1427 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT OF HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENT VEHICLES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require, as of January 1, 2006, that all state agencies purchasing or leasing motor vehicle fleets obtain hybrid or high energy efficient vehicles, to the extent that these vehicles are available.
Your Committee finds that alternative fuel vehicles produce fewer air pollutants and greenhouse gases and generally have improved fuel economy. This supports the objectives of better air quality, less dependence on imported petroleum, reduced consumption of nonrenewable resources, and environmental sustainability. The State can lead by example in the implementation of this policy.
Your Committee has amended this by:
(1) Deleting the requirement that state agencies purchase high energy efficient vehicles to the extent those vehicles are available;
(2) Adding an acquisition schedule under which:
(A) By January 1, 2007, at least twenty per cent of newly purchased light duty vehicles acquired by each agency must be alternative fuel vehicles;
(B) By January 1, 2009, at least forty per cent of newly purchased light duty vehicles acquired by each agency must be alternative fuel vehicles; and
(C) For each year subsequent to January 1, 2009, the percentage of alternative fuel vehicles newly purchased shall be five percentage points higher than the previous year, until at least sixty per cent of each agency's newly purchased, light duty vehicles are qualified alternative fuel vehicles; and
(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1427, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1427, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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