Bill Text: HI SB1011 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Motor Vehicle Registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-24 - Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 833). [SB1011 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB1011-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that electric motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and plug-in hybrid motor vehicles decrease vehicle emissions, helping the State progress toward its clean energy goals. However, the legislature notes concerns that electric motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and plug-in hybrid motor vehicles may not be contributing their fair share to the state highway fund since they do not consume, or consume limited quantities, of gasoline. The state highway fund depends on three primary fee sources: the fuel tax, weight tax, and vehicle registration fees. The fuel tax paid by a driver is closely related to the amount of driving done by the driver of non-electric, non-hybrid motor vehicles, and non-plug-in hybrid motor vehicles. Thus, these drivers pay a fee that is related to the amount of road degradation they contribute to when they drive. Because drivers of electric motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and plug-in hybrid motor vehicles pay little to no gas tax, these drivers do not pay for the road degradation they contribute to.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to increase the registration fees for electric motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and plug-in hybrid motor vehicles such that, in addition to the annual motor vehicle registration fee, drivers of electric motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and plug-in hybrid motor vehicles are assessed an additional annual registration fee that is approximately equivalent to the gas tax they would have paid if they drove a regular motor vehicle. The additional registration fee is based on the average driving miles of all vehicles, the average fuel efficiency of regular motor vehicles, and the amount of the fuel tax.
SECTION 2. Section 249-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By adding three new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read:
""Electric
motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle powered solely by an electric motor
that draws electric current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells,
photovoltaic arrays, or other sources of electric current.
"Hybrid
motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle powered by an internal combustion
engine and other propulsion that may be dependent or independent in providing
propulsion to the vehicle in any forward or reverse gear.
"Plug-in hybrid motor vehicle" means a hybrid motor vehicle with rechargeable batteries that can be restored to full charge by connecting a plug to an external electric power source."
2. By amending the definition of "motor vehicle" to read:
""Motor
vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled [and every vehicle
which is propelled by electric power but], including electric motor
vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and plug-in hybrid motor vehicles, which
is not operated upon rails, but excludes mopeds."
SECTION 3. Section 249-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§249-31 State registration fee. (a) All vehicles and motor vehicles in the State
as defined in section 249-1, including antique motor vehicles, except as
otherwise provided in sections 249-4, 249-6, and 249-31.5, shall be subject to
a $45 annual vehicle registration fee. Electric
motor vehicles in the State shall be subject to an additional $
annual vehicle registration fee. Hybrid
motor vehicles in the State shall be subject to an additional $
annual vehicle registration fee. Plug-in
hybrid motor vehicles in the State shall be subject to an additional
$ annual vehicle registration
fee. The [fee] fees
shall be paid each year together with all other taxes and fees levied by this
chapter on a staggered basis as established by each county as authorized by
section 286-51, and the state registration for that county shall likewise be
staggered so that the state registration [fee is] fees are due and
payable at the same time and shall be collected together with the county
fee. The state registration [fee]
fees shall be deemed delinquent if not paid with the county registration
fee. The respective counties shall
collect [this fee] these fees together with the vehicle
registration tax collected for the county and shall transfer the moneys
collected under this section to the State.
(b) From each annual motor vehicle registration
fee, the director shall deposit $40 into the state highway fund and $5 into the
emergency medical services special fund.
From the additional annual motor vehicle registration fees for electric
motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and plug-in hybrid motor vehicles, the
director shall deposit the entire amount of the fee into the state highway
fund."
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the state highway fund the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the operations and maintenance of the state highways program.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Electric Motor Vehicles; Hybrid Motor Vehicles; Annual Registration Fees; State Highway Fund; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes an additional motor vehicle registration fee for electric motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and plug-in hybrid motor vehicles, and deposits the money into the State Highway Fund. Appropriates funds for the operation and maintenance of the State Highway Program. (SB1011 HD1)
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