HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

338

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the DEPARTMENT of accounting and GENERAL services to report on the fuel EFFICIENCY of vehicles in each executive agency's fleet.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, eighty per cent of the energy resources used in Hawaii and almost all of the fuel used by motor vehicles in Hawaii are imported from other countries or the mainland United States; and

 

     WHEREAS, fuel-efficient vehicles conserve fuel resources and make the State less dependent on imported oil and motor vehicle fuels; and

 

     WHEREAS, fuel-efficient vehicles also emit less pollution and carbon emissions, thus helping to preserve Hawaii's natural environment; and

 

     WHEREAS, fuel costs make a up a significant portion of the motor vehicle fleet budgets of state government agencies, and the use of more fuel-efficient vehicles would result in savings to those agencies; and

 

WHEREAS, in addition to the budgetary benefits of fuel efficiency, state departments can improve the environment and reduce Hawaii's dependence on imported oil by increasing fuel efficiency in their vehicle fleets; and now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to provide a report to the Legislature on the motor vehicle fleets of each executive agency under its administration containing information on:

 

     (1) Types of vehicles;

 

     (2) Fuel efficiency of each type of vehicle;

 

     (3) Progress made in improving the fuel efficiency of the fleet; and

 

     (4) Each agency's plans to promote further improvement in fuel efficiency; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to report its findings to the Legislature not later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Comptroller.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Motor Vehicle Fuel Efficiency