Report Title:

Electric Automobiles; Hybrid Automobiles; Plug-in Hybrid Automobiles, Implementation Plan

Description:

Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to develop an implementation plan to increase electric automobile use in Hawaii.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2549
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating to electric automobiles.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  (a)  The department of business, economic development, and tourism shall develop an implementation plan to increase electric, hybrid electric, and plug-in hybrid automobile use in Hawaii.

     (b)  In creating the plan, the department of business, economic development, and tourism shall confer and consult with the automobile industry, governmental agencies, and other interested parties.

     The plan shall have the following objectives:

     (1)  By 2015, ten per cent of the new automobiles imported into the State shall be required to be powered by electricity; and

     (2)  By 2025, twenty per cent of the new automobiles imported into the State shall be required to be powered by electricity.

The plan shall include the development of infrastructure to support the widespread use of electric and plug-in hybrid automobiles.

     (c)  For purposes of this section:

     "Electric automobile" shall mean an automobile that uses an electric motor and motor controller instead of an internal combustion engine.

     "Hybrid electric automobile" shall mean an automobile that combines a conventional propulsion system with an on-board internal rechargeable energy storage system to achieve better fuel economy than a conventional automobile.

     "Plug-in hybrid automobile" shall mean a hybrid automobile with batteries that are recharged by an external electric power source.

     SECTION 2.  The department of business, economic development, and tourism shall submit the implementation plan to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2009 regular session.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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