STAND. COM. REP. NO 385

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1316

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1316 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the board of directors of an association of apartment owners, condominium association, cooperative housing corporation, or planned community association, upon receipt of a request for the installation of an electric vehicle charging system, to make a decision to approve or deny the request within sixty days.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Ulupono Initiative and EV Structure.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Associa.

 

     Your Committee finds that electric vehicles reduce fossil fuel consumption and are gradually becoming more popular in the State.  As the demand for electric vehicles grows, so does the demand for electric vehicle charging systems.  Timely decisions regarding the installation of electric vehicle charging systems will become increasingly important to homeowners.  Implementation of this measure will facilitate the right to choose more efficient transportation solutions and further the State's clean energy goals.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1316, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1316, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,

 

 

 

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair