THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2122
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		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. Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, section 2, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) An electric vehicle on which an electric vehicle license plate is affixed shall be exempt from payment of parking fees[, including those collected through parking meters,] charged by any state or county authority in this State[, except]; provided that [this exemption shall not apply]:

(1) For [more than] metered parking stalls, this exemption shall be limited to two and one-half hours [of metered parking], or the maximum amount of time the meter allows, whichever is longer; [or]

(2) [To parking fees assessed in increments longer than one twenty-four hour day, including weekly, monthly, or annual parking permits.] For non-metered parking stalls, this exemption shall be limited to the initial twenty-four hours of using the parking stall under any daily, weekly, monthly, or annual parking permit or similar agreement; or

(3) For non-metered parking at all state airports under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation, the maximum allowable time for the exemption shall be limited to twenty-four hours, after which time the parking fee shall be the applicable regular per hour fee or regular daily or monthly parking fee, as applicable; provided further that the department shall not charge a card activation fee if the parking is by the month."

SECTION 2. Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, is amended by amending section 4 to read as follows:

"SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval and shall be repealed on June 30, [2020.] 2024."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:

Electric Vehicles; Parking Fee; Exemptions; Airport Parking Limitations

Description:

Clarifies the existing parking fee exemption for electric vehicles at metered stalls and creates a twenty-four-hour exemption for electric vehicles using non-metered stalls at all state airports under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation. (SD1)

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