STAND. COM. REP. NO. 984

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1082

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1082, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PARKING SPACES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide for the modernization of paid public parking.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Requires that, beginning January 1, 2025:

(A) All parking lots in the State containing paid public parking spaces accept payment by credit card or debit card; and

(B) All parking meters be maintained in working order to accept payment by credit card or debit card; and

(2) Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services and each county to submit an annual progress report to the Legislature.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee finds that the decreased use of cash and coins throughout the State necessitates the implementation of public parking systems that accept credit cards and debit cards.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying the contents of the required annual reports to the Legislature;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1082, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1082, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair