STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1086

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 459

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 459, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HYDROGEN FUELING SYSTEM SUBACCOUNT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys for the administration of the zero-emission vehicle fueling system rebate program.

Your Committees received written comments in support of this measure from Servco Pacific, Inc. and Alliance of Automotive Innovation.

Your Committees received written comments on this measure from the Public Utilities Commission.

Your Committees find that the appropriations made by this measure are necessary to ensure the proper administration of the zero-emission vehicle fueling system rebate program.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 459, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 459, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection,

________________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Chair

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair