CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 69-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

RE:    S.B. No. 2746

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 3

       C.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2746, S.D. 1, H.D. 3, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to replace Act 290, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, relating to electric vehicles, with updated provisions to address the present state of the development and use of electric vehicles.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that electric vehicle deployment is in its infancy.  By many reports, the total number of electric vehicles in use has doubled over the past year.  However, this growth is infinitesimal in relation to what is truly needed to wean Hawaii off of imported oil.  The ownership and use of electric vehicles needs to be expanded multifold in the future.  Act 290 was likely ahead of its time but continues to be effective in incentivizing the use of electric vehicles.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the sunset date to June 30, 2020; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2746, S.D. 1, H.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2746, S.D. 1, H.D. 3, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair	____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair
____________________________ DENNY COFFMAN, Co-Chair	____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Co-Chair
____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA, Co-Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair