THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	716
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Act 290, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, is amended by amending section 4 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 4.  An electric vehicle on which a license plate described in section 3 is affixed shall be exempt from:

     (1)  The payment of parking fees, including those collected through parking meters, charged by any governmental authority, other than a branch of the federal government, when being operated in this State; and

     (2)  High occupancy vehicle restrictions [or other traffic control measures]."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

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

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Electric Vehicles; Traffic Code

Description:

Repeals section 4 of Act 290, SLH 1997, relating to exempting electric vehicles from "other traffic control measures".

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