Bill Text: HI HB239 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [HB239 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB239-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to fuel cell electric vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, is amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:
"SECTION
2. (a)
The department of transportation may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the registration of, and issuance of special
license plates for, electric vehicles.
(b) An electric vehicle on which an electric
vehicle license plate is affixed shall be exempt from payment of parking fees,
including those collected through parking meters, charged by any state or
county authority in this State, except that this exemption shall not apply:
(1) For more than two and one-half hours of metered parking, or the maximum amount of time the meter allows, whichever is longer; or
(2) To parking fees assessed in increments longer than one twenty-four-hour day, including weekly, monthly, or annual parking permits.
(c) An electric vehicle on which an electric vehicle license plate is affixed shall be exempt from high occupancy vehicle lane restrictions.
(d) For the purposes of this Act:
"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
four kilowatt hours of energy storage capacity that can be recharged from an
external source of electricity[.]; or
(3) A fuel cell electric vehicle.
"Fuel cell electric vehicle" means a zero-emission electric vehicle that uses a fuel cell to convert hydrogen gas and oxygen into electricity to power one or more onboard electric motors to propel the vehicle."
SECTION 2. Section 103D-412, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending subsection (b) to read:
"(b) Beginning January 1, 2010, all state and county entities, when purchasing new vehicles, shall seek vehicles with reduced dependence on petroleum-based fuels that meet the needs of the agency. Priority for selecting vehicles shall be as follows:
(1) Electric [or]
vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles[;
(2) Hydrogen
or], or fuel cell electric vehicles;
[(3)] (2) Other alternative fuel vehicles;
[(4)] (3) Hybrid electric vehicles; and
[(5)] (4) Vehicles that are identified by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency in its annual "Fuel Economy
Leaders" report as being among the top performers for fuel economy in
their class."
2. By amending subsection (c) to read:
"(c) For the purposes of this section:
"Agency" means a state agency, office, or department.
"Alternative fuel" means alcohol fuels, mixtures containing eighty-five per cent or more by volume of alcohols with gasoline or other fuels, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, biodiesel, mixtures containing twenty per cent or more by volume of biodiesel with diesel or other fuels, other fuels derived from biological materials, and electricity provided by off-board energy sources.
"Covered fleet" has the same meaning as contained in 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 490 Subpart C.
"Excluded vehicles" has the same meaning as provided in 10 Code of Federal Regulations section 490.3.
"Fuel cell electric vehicle"
means a zero-emission electric vehicle that uses a fuel cell to convert
hydrogen gas and oxygen into electricity to power one or more onboard electric
motors to propel the vehicle.
"Light-duty motor vehicle" has the same meaning as contained in 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 490, not including any vehicle incapable of traveling on highways or any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than eight thousand five hundred pounds."
SECTION 3. Section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) 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[.]; or
(3) A fuel cell
electric vehicle.
"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[.];
provided that the term shall not include
facilities or systems for refueling the hydrogen storage tank of a fuel cell
electric vehicle.
"Fuel cell electric
vehicle" means a zero-emission electric vehicle that uses a fuel cell to
convert hydrogen gas and oxygen into electricity to power one or more onboard
electric motors to propel the vehicle.
"Place of public accommodation" has the same meaning as that provided in section 489-2."
SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles; License Plates
Description:
Exempts fuel cell electric vehicle from payment of parking fees and high occupancy vehicle lane restrictions. Increases the priority to be placed on fuel cell electric vehicles for state and county entities purchasing new vehicles. Allows for fuel cell electric vehicles to be parked in designated electric vehicle parking spaces. For purposes of determining electric vehicle parking spaces, restricts electric system charging systems to those that do not include facilities or systems for refueling hydrogen storage tanks of fuel cell electric vehicles.
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
