STAND. COM. REP. NO.  803-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1894

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1894, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A CAR-SHARING VEHICLE SURCHARGE TAX,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enable the operation of car-sharing organizations, which represent a green transportation innovation that can significantly reduce miles travelled, oil imports, greenhouse gas emissions, and household transportation costs, in the State by creating a car-sharing vehicle surcharge tax.

 

     The Office of Planning; Department of Planning and Permitting, City and County of Honolulu; Ulupono Initiative; car2go; Hawaii Energy Policy Forum; and Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support of this measure.  EAN Holdings, LLC testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Transportation, Department of Taxation, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, and an individual provided comments on this measure.  

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1894, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1894, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair