STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1028-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2324

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2324, S.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 help fund the repair and maintenance of state and county roadways by establishing an annual electric vehicle user fee to be deposited into the state highway fund.

The Department of Transportation testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu; Blue Planet Foundation; and several concerned individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Tax Foundation of Hawaii; and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers commented on this measure.  

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting a $100 amount for the annual electric vehicle user fee.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2324, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2324, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair