STAND. COM. REP. NO. 641

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 768

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 768, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the Rental Car Modernization Task Force.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawaii State Energy Office, Imua Alliance, Climate Protectors Hawaii, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Electric Vehicle Association, and nine individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from 350 Hawaii, Enterprise Holdings, and nine individuals.

Your Committee finds that, for Hawaii to meet its clean energy goals, programs that support the implementation of cleaner transportation options are necessary. The adoption and widespread deployment of electric vehicles is essential to reduce Hawaii's dependence on fossil fuels. Electric rental vehicles, however, require appropriate electric charging infrastructure and capacity at airports, hotels, and other destinations to be successful. It is therefore necessary to first assess these locations to understand their ability to install and operate charging stations to support a fully electric rental vehicle fleet and to ensure an effective transition plan. Accordingly, this measure establishes the Rental Car Modernization Task Force to develop a plan to ensure that electric vehicle charging infrastructure is installed at a rate and volume necessary to support a one hundred percent zero-emission rental motor vehicle fleet by the year 2035.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Chief Energy Officer, rather than the administrator, of the Hawaii State Energy Office shall serve as a member on the Rental Car Modernization Task Force;

(2) Requiring the Task Force's plan to include an analysis of how airport parking structures may be able to accommodate charging station infrastructure and the financial requirements to do so; and

(3) 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 Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 768, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 768, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair