STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1571-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2746

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 3

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2746, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable the public to more readily access existing laws pertaining to electric vehicles by:

(1)  Codifying incentives for the registration, licensing, parking, and the operation of electric vehicles that were established under Act 290, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997; and

(2)  With respect to the law on electric vehicles, updating the law for clarity, consistency, and enforceability.  

The Department of Transportation; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; a Maui County Council member; and two individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services, Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter, and a sustainable business corporation commented on this measure.    

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Establishing the provisions as uncodified session law material rather than as material to be codified into the Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2)  Repealing the measure on June 30, 2014; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2746, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2746, S.D. 1, H.D. 3.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair