STAND. COM. REP. NO.  482-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2485

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2485, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify requirements pertaining to parking spaces for electric vehicles.  Specifically, this measure, among other things, sets the minimum number of electric vehicle-designated parking spaces required in places of public accommodation with at least 100 parking spaces, but repeals mandatory designated space increases that would have taken effect once registered electric vehicles in the State numbered at least 5,000.

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Outrigger Hotels Hawaii, and an individual submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Blue Planet Foundation submitted testimony in support of this measure with amendments.  The Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club and an individual submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

 

     Your Committee notes that there are concerns with regard to the definition of "parking facilities" and requests that the Committee on Finance consider this issue.  It may be unclear as to how a large parking facility comprising several smaller parking areas will be classified for the purposes of determining how many stalls must be designated for electric vehicles. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2485, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2485, H.D. 2.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DENNY COFFMAN, Chair