Bill Text: HI SB2106 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Electric Vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-22 - Referred to TRE/PSM/GVO, WAM. [SB2106 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2106-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to electric vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§51- Public buses; electric vehicles. Each county shall purchase electric vehicles to replace buses as needed; provided that by 2035, all passenger buses operated by the county shall be electric vehicles."
SECTION 2. Section 196-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) With regard to motor vehicles and transportation fuel, each agency shall:
(1) Comply with Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 490, Subpart C, "Mandatory State Fleet Program", if applicable;
(2) Comply with all applicable state laws regarding vehicle purchases;
(3) Once federal and state vehicle purchase mandates have been satisfied, purchase the most fuel-efficient vehicles that meet the needs of their programs; provided that life cycle cost-benefit analysis of vehicle purchases shall include projected fuel costs;
(4) Purchase alternative fuels and ethanol blended gasoline when available;
(5) Evaluate a purchase preference for biodiesel blends, as applicable to agencies with diesel fuel purchases;
(6) Promote efficient operation of vehicles;
(7) Use the most appropriate minimum octane fuel; provided that vehicles shall use 87-octane fuel unless the owner's manual for the vehicle states otherwise or the engine experiences knocking or pinging;
(8) Beginning with fiscal year 2005-2006 as the baseline, collect and maintain, for the life of each vehicle acquired, the following data:
(A) Vehicle acquisition cost;
(B) United States Environmental Protection Agency rated fuel economy;
(C) Vehicle fuel configuration, such as gasoline, diesel, flex-fuel gasoline/E85, and dedicated propane;
(D) Actual in-use vehicle mileage;
(E) Actual in-use vehicle fuel consumption; and
(F) Actual in-use
annual average vehicle fuel economy; [and]
(9) Beginning with fiscal year 2005-2006 as the baseline with respect to each agency that operates a fleet of thirty or more vehicles, collect and maintain, in addition to the data in paragraph (8), the following:
(A) Information on the vehicles in the fleet, including vehicle year, make, model, gross vehicle weight rating, and vehicle fuel configuration;
(B) Fleet fuel usage, by fuel;
(C) Fleet mileage; and
(D) Overall annual
average fleet fuel economy and average miles per gallon of gasoline and diesel[.];
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(10) Purchase electric vehicles to replace existing vehicles as needed; provided that by 2035, all vehicles used by each agency shall be electric vehicles."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Public Transportation; Buses; State Vehicles; Electric Vehicles
Description:
Requires that all buses operated by each county and all state vehicles be electric vehicles by 2035.
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