STAND. COM. REP. NO.  280-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2658

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2658 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Include fuel cell electric vehicles in the definition of electric vehicles for purposes of parking exemptions, HOV lane use, registration, and required parking spaces in places of public accommodation; and

     (2)  Require a procurement priority for fuel cell electric vehicles.

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers; General Motors, LLC; Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association; and one individual testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by expanding the definition of fuel cell electric vehicle to include vehicles with one or more onboard electric motors to propel the vehicle.

     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. 2658, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2658, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Transportation.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair