STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1922-18

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2122, S.D. 1, H.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:

(1) Require 25 percent of parking for certain residential multi-unit buildings and commercial buildings built after July 1, 2018 be electric vehicle charger ready;

(2) Clarify the existing parking fee exemption for electric vehicles and specify its application at state airports; and

(3) Extend the parking fee exemption for parking fees charged by state authorities until June 30, 2024.

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, 350Hawaii.org, Tesla, Inc., and several individuals testified in support of this measure. The Office of the Mayor of the County of Maui, Hawaii Credit Union League, Building Owners and Managers Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Reserves, Inc., Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Propark, Inc., and a concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure. The Department of Accounting and General Services, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Maui County Department of Housing & Human Concerns, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Ulupono Initiative,

Blue Planet Foundation, and an individual commented on this measure.

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 S.B. No. 2122, S.D. 1, 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