STAND. COM. REP. NO.  780-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2221

      H.D. 1

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. 2221, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARKING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish fines for owners of parking facilities with one hundred spaces or more who do not comply with state law requirements for the minimum provision of parking spaces equipped exclusively with electric vehicle charging equipment.

Blue Planet Foundation and one individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Disability and Communication Access Board; Kauai Office of Economic Development; and Ulupono Initiative provided comments.

     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. 2221, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair