CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 177

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2021

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1142

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1142, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Allocate 3 cents of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax, also known as the barrel tax, to fund the installation of electric vehicle charging systems; and

 

     (2)  Establish an Electric Vehicle Charging System Subaccount within the Public Utilities Commission Special Fund.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Amending the preamble to emphasize the urgent need for electric vehicle infrastructure;

 

     (2)  Clarifying that the $1,000,000 ceiling for the Public Utilities Commission Special Fund shall not apply to the Electric Vehicle Charging System Subaccount;

 

     (3)  Appropriating $100,000 into and out of the Electric Vehicle Charging System Subaccount for the Electric Vehicle Charging System Rebate Program;

 

     (4)  Authorizing each county to adopt ordinances to enforce section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including the establishment of penalties for failure to comply with the requirements of that section or maintain electric vehicle charging systems in working order;

 

     (5)  Establishing penalties for parking any vehicle in a parking space equipped with an electric vehicle charging system while not actively charging;

 

     (6)  Beginning January 1, 2022, requiring new electric vehicle charging systems installed pursuant to the electric vehicle charging system requirement to be at least Level 2 and network-capable;

 

     (7)  Requiring electric vehicle charging systems to be maintained in working order;

 

     (8)  Clarifying that certain enforcement officers may enter private property to enforce electric vehicle parking space violations;

 

     (9)  Inserting a savings clause;

 

     (10) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2021, and removing the sunset date; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1142, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1142, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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CHRIS LEE

Chair

 

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NICOLE E. LOWEN

Co-Chair

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GLENN WAKAI

Co-Chair

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON

Co-Chair

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE

Co-Chair

 

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LISA MARTEN

Co-Chair