STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2550

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2746

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2746, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to encourage the use of electric vehicles by codifying the provisions of Act 290, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, which exempt electric vehicles from most state and county parking meter fees and high occupancy vehicle lane restrictions, as new sections in chapter 286, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Written comments in support of this measure were submitted by the Department of Accounting and General Services; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and High Technology Development Corporation.

     Your Committee finds that the provisions of Act 290, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, support the development and widespread consumer acceptance of electric vehicles in Hawaii.  Your Committee further finds that codifying these exemptions in chapter 286, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will increase public awareness of the law and further promote the use of electric vehicles in Hawaii.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2746, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair