STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1526

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 98

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Government Operations, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 98 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES TO COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, ADMINISTER, AND MANAGE VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PROGRAMS AT PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CONSTRUCTION OR CONVERSION OF PARKING STALLS TO ACCOMMODATE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING, SECURE BICYCLE STORAGE LOCKERS, AND PARKING STALL SHARING BETWEEN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Department of Transportation and Department of Accounting and General Services to collaborate to develop, implement, administer, and manage various transportation system programs at public facilities that include but are not limited to construction or conversion of parking stalls to accommodate electric vehicle charging, secure bicycle storage lockers, and parking stall sharing between public employees.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Bicycling League. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and Hawaii State Energy Office.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Including the Hawaii State Energy Office among the agencies requested to develop, implement, administer, and manage various transportation system programs at public facilities;

(2) Requesting the Department of Transportation, Department of Accounting and General Services, and Hawaii State Energy Office to consider transportation options for neighbor island public employees;

(3) Requesting the Department of Transportation, Department of Accounting and General Services, and Hawaii State Energy Office to ensure that available electric vehicle charging infrastructure exceeds expected demand;

(4) Adding the Hawaii State Energy Office to the list of recipients of certified copies;

(5) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose; and

(6) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 98, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 98, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Government Operations,

________________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair