STAND. COM. REP. NO. 897

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 968

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. 968, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to reduce transportation costs for public employees and residents of public housing in the State.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation, to:

(A) Make parking stall sharing available to public employees, subject to certain conditions;

(B) Ensure that every new parking stall constructed and made available to public employees is pre-wired to accommodate certain electric vehicle charging stations;

(C) Develop a plan to retrofit certain existing parking facilities to enable workplace charging capabilities by 2030;

(D) Provide a reasonable number of bicycle storage lockers at certain parking facilities, subject to certain conditions; and

(E) Develop, implement, administer, and manage various transportation system programs that include parking stall sharing, construction or conversion of parking stalls to accommodate electric vehicle charging, and secure bicycle storage lockers at public facilities;

(2) Requires that all new public housing parking stalls be pre-wired to accommodate certain electric vehicle charging stations; and

(3) Requires that all new public housing developments provide bicycle storage lockers, subject to certain conditions.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from 350Hawaii, Big Island Electric Vehicle Association, Climate Protectors Hawaii, Hawaii Bicycling League, KauaiEV, and several individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Hawaii State Energy Office, and Ulupono Initiative.

Your Committee finds that preparing for the future installation of electric vehicle charging stations and enabling the safe storage of bicycles and micro-mobility devices in public employee parking and public housing facilities will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Department of Accounting and General Services is required to collaborate with the Department of Transportation to develop, implement, administer, and manage programs to:

(A) Make parking stall sharing available to public employees, subject to certain conditions;

(B) Ensure that every new parking stall constructed and made available to public employees is pre-wired to accommodate certain electric vehicle charging stations;

(C) Develop a plan to retrofit certain existing parking facilities to enable workplace charging capabilities by 2030; and

(D) Provide a reasonable number of bicycle storage lockers at certain parking facilities, subject to certain conditions;

(2) Codifying these requirements in statute, rather than session law;

(3) Clarifying the definition of "level 2 electric vehicle charging station"; and

(4) 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. 968, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 968, 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