STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3185

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3055

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3055, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOPEDS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit a retailer from selling or offering for sale combustion engine-powered mopeds beginning January 1, 2022.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committees find that combustion engine-powered mopeds contribute to noise pollution that is a serious problem affecting quality of life, particularly in urban areas. As a result, several cities around the world have started to phase out internal combustion engine mopeds for clean and quiet electric mopeds. This measure bans the sale of new combustion engine-powered mopeds by retailers beginning January 1, 2022.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that combustion engine-powered mopeds that were initially purchased prior to January 1, 2022, are exempt;

(2) Inserting a fine amount of $1,000;

(3) Updating the purposes section;

(4) Inserting an effective date of June 18, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3055, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3055, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means,

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair