Bill Text: HI SB2515 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Electric Vehicles; Allotment of Spaces
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-19 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2515 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2515-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. 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 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.
(b) Any owner of a place of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces available for use by the general public who fails to comply with this section shall receive a citation or written notice that the owner shall correct the violation within ninety days from the date of the citation. Any owner who fails to correct the violation within ninety days shall be fined:
(1) $1,000 for a first offense;
(2) $2,500 for a second offense; and
(3) $5,000 For a third or subsequent offense.
Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
[(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."
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.
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Report Title:
Electric Vehicles; Failure to Comply; Penalties; Parking Space
Description:
Imposes penalties for an owner of a place of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces available for use by the general public who fails to provide at least one parking space exclusively for electric vehicles and equipped with an electric vehicle charging system.
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