CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 120

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2021

 

RE:    H.B. No. 552

       H.D. 1

       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. 552, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

 

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)  Establish clean ground transportation goals for state agencies on a staggered basis until achieving a one hundred percent light-duty motor vehicle clean fleet by December 31, 2030;

 

     (2)  Establish procurement policy requirements for medium- and heavy-duty motor vehicles;

 

     (3)  Allow state and county agencies to include trees and plants having lifespans longer than twenty years as a part of capital improvement projects;

 

     (4)  Require that all new light-duty passenger vehicles purchased for the State's fleet are zero-emission vehicles and permit the Department of Accounting and General Services to authorize an exemption for new fleet vehicle procurement;

 

     (5)  Conform various definitions to the Code of Federal Regulations;

 

     (6)  Provide for electric vehicle charging and clean ground transportation goals in the State's planning and budget preparation and program implementation goals; and

 

     (7)  Require the Chief Energy Officer to lead the efforts to incorporate energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy resiliency, and clean transportation to reduce costs and achieve clean energy goals across all public facilities.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Amending the clean ground transportation goals for the State's fleet to the following:

 

          (A)  One hundred percent of light-duty motor vehicles that are passenger cars to be zero-emission vehicles by December 31, 2030; and

 

          (B)  One hundred percent of light-duty motor vehicles to be zero-emission vehicles by December 31, 2035;

 

     (2)  Deleting language that would have allowed state and county agencies to include trees and plants having lifespans longer than twenty years as a part of capital improvement projects;

 

     (3)  Deleting language that would have provided for electric vehicle charging and clean ground transportation goals in the State's planning and budget preparation and program implementation goals;

 

     (4)  Authorizing the Department of Accounting and General Services to approve state fleet acquisition, including:

 

          (A)  Establishing one hundred percent zero-emission vehicle requirements for light-duty motor vehicles that are passenger cars and light-duty motor vehicles that are multipurpose passenger vehicles and trucks by January 1, 2022, and January 1, 2030, respectively; and

 

          (B)  Authorizing the Comptroller to exempt new fleet vehicle purchases from zero-emission requirements for various reasons;

 

     (5)  Requiring the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Hawaii State Energy Office, to develop strategies to transition all light-duty motor vehicles in the State's fleets to meet its clean ground transportation goals;

 

     (6)  Clarifying provisions relating to the procurement policy for public agencies purchasing or leasing light-, medium-, and heavy-duty motor vehicles, including the priority for selecting vehicles and various related definitions;

 

     (7)  Specifying that vehicles acquired from another state agency and vehicles excluded from the procurement policy requirements described in paragraph (6) shall be included in the calculation of the State's clean ground transportation goals;

 

     (8)  Clarifying that with regard to motor vehicles and transportation fuel, each state agency shall include:

 

          (A)  Efficient utilization of renewable energy for charging electric vehicles in its promotion of efficient operation of vehicles; and

 

          (B)  The collection and maintenance of hourly charging data by electric vehicle and electric vehicle charging system;

 

     (9)  Deleting language that would have required the Hawaii State Energy Office to lead the efforts to incorporate energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy resiliency, and clean transportation to reduce costs and achieve clean energy goals across all public facilities;

 

     (10) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2021; 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. 552, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 552, H.D. 1, 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

 

____________________________

GLENN WAKAI

Chair

 

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NICOLE E. LOWEN

Co-Chair

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CHRIS LEE

Co-Chair

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO

Co-Chair

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI

Co-Chair

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON

Co-Chair

 

 

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TY J.K. CULLEN

Co-Chair