THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2138
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014		S.D. 1
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.  Section 286-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "neighborhood electric vehicle" to read as follows:

     ""Neighborhood electric vehicle" means a self-propelled electrically powered motor vehicle to which all of the following apply:

     (1)  The vehicle is emission free;

     (2)  The vehicle is designed to be and is operated at speeds of twenty-five miles per hour or less;

     (3)  The vehicle has four wheels in contact with the ground;

     (4)  The vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than [two] three thousand [five hundred] pounds; and

     (5)  The vehicle conforms to the minimum safety equipment requirements as adopted in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 500, Low Speed Vehicles (49 C.F.R. 571.500)."

     SECTION 2.  Section 291C-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "neighborhood electric vehicle" to read as follows:

""Neighborhood electric vehicle" means a self-propelled electrically powered motor vehicle to which all of the following apply:

(1) The vehicle is emission free;

[(2) The vehicle is designed to carry four or fewer persons;

(3)] (2) The vehicle is designed to be and is operated at speeds of twenty-five miles per hour or less;

    [(4)] (3) The vehicle has [at least] four wheels in contact with the ground;

    [(5)] (4) The vehicle has [an unladen] a gross vehicle weight rating of less than [one thousand eight hundred] three thousand pounds; and

    [(6)] (5) The vehicle conforms to the minimum safety equipment requirements as adopted in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 500, Low Speed Vehicles (49 C.F.R. 571.500)."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Neighborhood Electric Vehicles; Definition; Passenger Capacity; Weight Rating

Description:

Aligns the definitions of "neighborhood electric vehicle" in sections 286-2 and 291C-1, HRS, for consistency, and increases the maximum weight rating requirement in both definitions to 3,000 pounds.  (SD1)

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