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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to clarify requirements pertaining to parking spaces for electric vehicles.
SECTION 2. Section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§291-71[]] Designation
of parking spaces for electric vehicles; charging units. [All public,
private, and government parking facilities that are available for use by the
general public and have at least one hundred parking spaces shall designate one
per cent of parking spaces exclusively for electric vehicles by December 31,
2011, provided that at least one of the parking spaces designated for electric
vehicles is located near the building entrance and is equipped with an electric
vehicle charging unit.] (a) Owners or managers of places of public
accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces available for use by the
general public shall designate at least one per cent of parking spaces or up to
five parking spaces, whichever is lesser, exclusively for electric vehicles by
July 1, 2012; provided that at least one space shall be equipped with an
electric vehicle charging system; provided further that no parking space
designated for electric vehicles shall displace or reduce accessible stalls required
by the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines. Spaces
shall be designated, clearly marked, and the exclusive designation enforced. [The
electric vehicle charging units shall meet recognized standards, including SAE
J1772 of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Owners of multiple parking lots
facilities within the State may designate and electrify fewer parking spaces
than required in one or more of their owned properties as long as the scheduled
requirement is met for the total number of aggregate spaces on all of their
owned properties.
When the number of registered electric
vehicles in the State reaches five thousand, the spaces designated for electric
vehicles shall increase to two per cent of parking spaces. The number of
spaces designated for electric vehicles shall continue to increase by one per
cent for each additional five thousand electric vehicles registered in the
State until the percentage reaches ten per cent of parking spaces.]
(b) For the purposes of this section[,
"electric vehicle" means an electric vehicle or neighborhood electric
vehicle with an electric vehicle license plate.]:
"Electric vehicle" means:
(1) A neighborhood electric vehicle; or
(2) A vehicle, with four or more wheels, that draws propulsion energy from a battery with at least 4.4 kilowatt hours of energy storage capacity that can be recharged from an external source of electricity.
"Electric vehicle charging system" means a system that:
(1) Is capable of providing electricity from a non-vehicle source to charge the batteries of one or more electric vehicles;
(2) Meets recognized standards, including standard SAE J1772 of the Society of Automotive Engineers; and
(3) Is designed and installed in compliance with article 625 of the National Electrical Code.
(c) "Place of public accommodation" has the same meaning as that provided in section 489-2."
SECTION 3. Section 291-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Beginning January 1, [2012,] 2013,
any person who parks a non-electric vehicle in a space designated and marked as
reserved for electric vehicles shall receive a warning."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Electric Vehicles
Description:
Requires that owners or managers of places of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces available for use by the general public to designate at least one percent of parking spaces or up to five parking spaces, whichever is lesser, exclusively for electric vehicles by July 1, 2012. Requires that at least one parking space is equipped with an electric vehicle charging system. Prohibits any parking space designated for electric vehicles to displace or reduce accessible stalls called for by the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines. Requires issuance of a warning for parking a non-electric vehicle in a stall for electric vehicles beginning 1/1/2013. (SD1)
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