Bill Text: HI HB2568 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 2568 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Electric Vehicles; Allotment of Spaces

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-01 - Referred to TRN/EEP, FIN, referral sheet 5 [HB2568 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB2568-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2568
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§291-71 Designation of parking spaces for electric vehicles; charging system. (a) Places of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces available for use by the general public shall have at least one parking space per one hundred spaces by July 1, 2017, and two parking spaces per one hundred spaces by July 1, 2022, exclusively for electric vehicles and equipped with an electric vehicle charging system located anywhere in the parking structure or lot [~~by July 1, 2012~~]; provided that no parking space designated for electric vehicles shall displace or reduce accessible stalls required by the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines. Spaces shall be designated, clearly marked, and the exclusive designation enforced. [Owners of multiple parking facilities within the State may designate and electrify fewer parking spaces than required in one or more of their owned properties; provided that the scheduled requirement is met for the total number of aggregate spaces on all of their owned properties.]

This subsection shall be enforced by the appropriate county authority having jurisdiction over planning and permitting, as follows:

(1) A person or organization may file an open or anonymous complaint with the county authority listing the places of public accommodation that are not in compliance;

(2) The county authority shall notify the property owner of noncompliance and allow the owner three hundred sixty five days to comply with this subsection;

(3) After the three hundred sixty five days, the county department shall conduct an inspection. If the owner is not in compliance, the county authority shall issue a warning allowing for an additional one hundred eighty days for compliance;

(4) If, after the warning issued under paragraph (3), the owner is still in noncompliance, the county department shall send a formal notice of violation that allows for an additional ninety days for compliance; and

(5) If after the additional ninety days allowed under paragraph (4) the owner is still in noncompliance, an administrative fine of $200 per day shall begin to accrue; provided that if the fine accrues to over $300,000, a lien shall be placed on the property.

(b) There shall be an exemption from this section in cases of financial hardship or an engineering hardship in accordance with rules adopted by the appropriate county authority having jurisdiction over planning and permitting; provided that a financial hardship exemption shall not be granted for places of public accommodation if a charging company installs the required electrical charging stations at no cost.

[~~(b)~~] (c) For the purposes of this section:

"Electric vehicle" means:

(1) A neighborhood electric vehicle as defined in section 286-2; or

(2) A vehicle, with four or more wheels, that draws propulsion energy from a battery with at least four kilowatt hours of energy storage capacity that can be recharged from an external source of electricity.

"Electric vehicle charging system" means a system that:

(1) Is capable of providing electricity from a non-vehicle source to charge the batteries of one or more electric vehicles;

(2) Meets recognized standards, including standard SAE J1772 of SAE International; and

(3) Is designed and installed in compliance with article 625 of the National Electrical Code.

"Place of public accommodation" has the same meaning as that provided in section 489-2[.], excluding a park, a campsite, trailer facility, or other recreation facility."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Electric Vehicles; Allotment of Spaces

Description:

Requires, in places of public accommodation, a ratio of one electric vehicle parking stall per 100 stalls by 2017 and a ratio of two electric vehicle parking stalls per 100 stalls by the year 2022. Designates the appropriate county authority having jurisdiction over planning and permitting for enforcement. Specifies procedures for enforcement.

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.