Bill Text: HI SB2747 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Electric Vehicles
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-27 - (S) Act 089, 4/26/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190). [SB2747 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2747-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to clarify requirements pertaining to parking spaces for electric vehicles.
SECTION 2. Section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§291-71[]] Designation
of parking spaces for electric vehicles; charging [units.] system.
All public, private, and government parking facilities that are available
for use by the general public and have] (a) Places of public
accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces available for use
by the general public shall [designate] have at least one [per
cent of] parking [spaces] space near the building entrance designated
exclusively for electric vehicles [by December 31, 2011, provided that at
least one of the parking spaces designated for electric vehicles is located
near the building entrance and is] and equipped with an electric
vehicle charging [unit.] system by July 1, 2012. Spaces shall be
designated, clearly marked, and the exclusive designation enforced. [The
electric vehicle charging units shall meet recognized standards, including SAE
J1772 of the Society of Automotive Engineers.] Owners of multiple parking
[lots] facilities within the State may designate and electrify
fewer parking spaces than required in one or more of their owned properties [as
long as]; provided that the scheduled requirement is met for the
total number of aggregate spaces on all of their owned properties.
[When the number of registered electric
vehicles in the State reaches five thousand, the spaces designated for electric
vehicles shall increase to two per cent of parking spaces. The number of
spaces designated for electric vehicles shall continue to increase by one per
cent for each additional five thousand electric vehicles registered in the
State until the percentage reaches ten per cent of parking spaces.]
(b) For the purposes of this section[,
"electric vehicle" means an electric vehicle or neighborhood electric
vehicle with an electric vehicle license plate.]:
"Electric vehicle" means:
(1) A neighborhood electric vehicle; or
(2) A vehicle, with four or more wheels, that draws propulsion energy from a battery with at least five 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 the Society of Automotive Engineers; and
(3) Is designed and installed in compliance with article 625 of the National Electrical Code.
(c) "Place of public accommodation" has the same meaning as that provided in section 489-2."
SECTION 3. Section 291-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Beginning January 1, [2012,] 2013,
any person who parks a non-electric vehicle in a space designated and marked as
reserved for electric vehicles shall receive a warning."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Electric Vehicles
Description:
Clarifies the electric vehicle parking requirement.
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