STAND. COM. REP. NO.  903-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2080

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2080, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to encourage the use of alternative energy vehicles and further the State's clean energy goals by:

     (1)  Including fuel cell electric vehicles in the definition of electric vehicles for purposes of parking exemptions, High Occupancy Vehicle lane use, registration, and required parking spaces in places of public accommodation; and

     (2)  Granting procurement priority for fuel cell electric vehicles purchased by state and county agencies.

The Department of Transportation, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, High Technology Development Corporation, Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Blue Planet Foundation, and Servco Pacific Inc. provided testimony in support of this measure.   

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion, and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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 H.B. No. 2080, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2080, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair