STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1398-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2955

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2955, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require:

(1) Rental motor vehicle lessors operating in Hawaii with more than two hundred light duty passenger vehicles, to incorporate zero-emission vehicles into the lessor's fleet according to a graduated schedule beginning by July 1, 2026; and

(2) All rental motor vehicle lessors to report a list of the make, model, license plate number, and fuel type of each rental motor vehicle in the lessor's fleet to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs beginning in 2021.

Organizing for Action, 350Hawaii.org, Blue Planet Foundation, and many individuals supported this measure. The Airports Division of the Department of Transportation, Enterprise Holdings, and Hilton Hawaii opposed this measure. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Maui Electric Company, Ltd. Hawai‘i Electric Light Company, Inc., and Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that rental motor vehicle lessors shall plan to incorporate zero-emission vehicles into their rental motor vehicle fleets according to the specified schedule;

(2) Deleting language establishing a fine for lessors that have fewer than the required number of zero-emission vehicles in their rental motor vehicle fleet; and

(3) Establishing and appropriating funds for a task force to develop a plan for incorporating zero-emission vehicles into the fleets of rental motor vehicle lessors operating in Hawaii and report to the Legislature prior to the 2019 Regular Session.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2955, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2955, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Transportation,

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair

____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair