HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1714

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, is amended as follows:

     1.  By amending section 2, subsection (b) to read:

     "(b)  An electric vehicle on which an electric vehicle license plate is affixed shall be exempt from payment of parking fees, including those collected through parking meters, charged by any state or county authority in this State, except that this exemption shall not apply:

     (1)  For more than two and one-half hours of metered parking, or the maximum amount of time the meter allows, whichever is longer; or

    [(2)  To parking fees assessed in increments longer than one twenty-four-hour day, including weekly, monthly, or annual parking permits.]

     (2)  For non-metered parking stalls, for any period longer than the initial twenty-four hours of use of the parking stall."

     2.  By amending section 4 to read:

     "SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval and shall be repealed on June 30, [2020.] 2024."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that on June 30, 2024, section 1 of this Act shall be repealed when Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, is repealed.


 


 

Report Title:

Electric Vehicles; Parking; DOT

 

Description:

Clarifies the parking fee exemption for electric vehicles in non-metered stalls.  Extends to June 30, 2024, Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, which authorizes the Department of Transportation to adopt rules for registration and license plates for electric vehicles and exempts electric vehicles from parking fees and HOV lane restrictions.  (HB1714 HD1)

 

 

 

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