STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1236-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2122

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2122, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the limitations on the parking fee exemptions applicable to electric vehicles by limiting the parking fee exemption for non-metered stalls to the initial twenty-four hours an electric vehicle is parked in state and county non-metered stalls or in non-metered stalls at state airports.

The Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Organizing for Action, and several individuals supported this measure. Blue Planet Foundation, Ulupono Initiative, and an individual opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting new language requiring that at least 25% of parking stalls for residential multi-unit buildings that have 20 or more parking stalls and commercial buildings that have 40 or more parking stalls be electric vehicle charger ready;

(2) Extending the exemption for parking fees charged by state authorities to June 30, 2024, and preserving the June 30, 2020, expiration date for county parking fees; and

(3) Changing its effective date to January 28, 2045, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2122, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2122, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair