STAND. COM. REP. NO. 862
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 687
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 687 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to address concerns with emergencies involving electric vehicles.
Specifically, this measure:
(1) Requires the Department of Transportation (Department) to study the dangers relating to emergencies involving electric vehicles;
(2) Requires the Department to develop a training program for employees responding to emergencies involving electric vehicles;
(3) Requires the Department to submit a report to the Legislature; and
(4) Appropriates funds to the Department to conduct the study and develop the training program.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Honolulu Police Department; the State Fire Council; the Kauai Fire Department; the County of Maui, Department of Fire & Public Safety; and the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association. The Department of Transportation submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified sum; and
(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion on the 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 H.B. No. 687, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 687, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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