Report Title:

State Vehicles; Fuel Economy

Description:

Requires all newly purchased or leased light-duty vehicles to have fuel economy of at least 18 miles per gallon.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	552
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to energy-efficient vehicles.

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

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§103D-  Energy-efficient vehicles. (a)  The procurement policy for all agencies purchasing or leasing motor vehicles shall be to obtain energy-efficient vehicles.  Beginning January 1, 2010, all light-duty vehicles procured by or for any agency shall have an estimated fuel economy of at least eighteen miles per gallon under standards published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, unless the vehicle is:

(1) Acquired for the primary purpose of carrying equipment and supplies;

(2) Acquired from another state agency;

(3) A law enforcement vehicle;

(4) An emergency motor vehicle; or

(5) A nonroad vehicle.

(b)  For the purposes of this section:

"Agency" means a state agency, office, or department, including the office of the governor, lieutenant governor, and the judiciary.

"Light-duty vehicle" has the same meaning as contained in 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 490.

(c)  Nothing in this section is intended to interfere with an agency's ability to comply with federally imposed vehicle purchase mandates such as those required by 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 490 Subpart C."

     SECTION 2.  Section 103D-412, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the title and subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "§103D-412  [Energy-efficient vehicles.] Covered fleet vehicles.  (a)  [The procurement policy for all agencies purchasing or leasing motor vehicles shall be to obtain energy-efficient vehicles.]  All covered fleets are directed to procure increasing percentages of energy-efficient vehicles as part of their annual vehicle acquisition plans, which shall be as follows:

     (1)  In the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, at least twenty per cent of newly purchased light-duty vehicles acquired by each covered fleet shall be energy-efficient vehicles;

     (2)  In the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, at least thirty per cent of newly purchased light-duty vehicles acquired by each covered fleet shall be energy-efficient vehicles;

     (3)  In the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, at least forty per cent of newly purchased light-duty vehicles acquired by each covered fleet shall be energy-efficient vehicles; and

     (4)  For each subsequent fiscal year, the percentage of energy-efficient vehicles newly purchased shall be five percentage points higher than the previous year, until at least seventy-five per cent of each covered fleet's newly purchased, light-duty vehicles are energy-efficient vehicles."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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