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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to parking.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§291-71 Designation of parking spaces
for electric vehicles; charging system[.]; penalty. (a)
Places of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces
available for use by the general public shall have at least one parking space
exclusively for electric vehicles and equipped with an electric vehicle
charging system located anywhere in the parking structure or lot by July 1,
2012; provided 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. Owners of multiple parking
facilities within the State may designate and electrify fewer parking spaces
than required in one or more of their owned properties; provided that the
scheduled requirement is met for the total number of aggregate spaces on all of
their owned properties.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2015, an owner of a place of public accommodation that fails to comply with this section shall be fined:
(1) $5,000 for noncompliance of fewer than thirty days;
(2) $10,000 for noncompliance of thirty to fifty-nine days;
(3) $20,000 for noncompliance of sixty to eighty-nine days; and
(4) $50,000 for noncompliance for ninety days and for each subsequent thirty day period, or portion of a thirty-day period, thereafter.
Police officers shall issue a citation to the owner of a place of public accommodation that fails to comply with this section.
[(b)] (c) For the purposes of
this section:
"Electric vehicle" means:
(1) A neighborhood electric vehicle as defined in section 286-2; or
(2) A vehicle, with four or more wheels, that draws propulsion energy from a battery with at least four 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 SAE International; and
(3) Is designed and installed in compliance with article 625 of the National Electrical Code.
"Place of public accommodation" has the same meaning as that provided in section 489-2."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Electric Vehicle Parking Requirement; Penalty
Description:
Establishes fines beginning 1/1/2015 for owners of places of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces that do not provide at least one parking space equipped with a charging system exclusively for electric vehicles.
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