STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2331

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2099

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.B. No. 2099 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to change the licensing requirement for the operation of autocycles to align with the intent of the legislation that created the "autocycle" category.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Polaris Industries, Inc.; and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Arcimoto, Inc.

Your Committee finds that autocycles provide an environmentally-friendly and space-saving alternative to larger cars, and that creating the "autocycle" category in the motor vehicle code is one step to reduce traffic congestion and fossil fuel usage in Hawaii. However, your Committee notes that the legislation that created the autocycle category had an error in its language, and housekeeping measures are needed to align the legislative intent and the driver's licensing requirement.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the definition of "autocycles" to better accommodate various models of autocycles available in the autocycle industry; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2099, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2099, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair