Bill Text: HI SB3158 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2022-05-06 - Enrolled to Governor. [SB3158 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB3158-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the single greatest factor of the increasing cost of living in Hawaii is the rising cost of transportation. Due to increasingly expensive fossil fuels and a lack of cheaper transit options, Hawaii residents already pay among the highest cost to commute in the country. In January 2022, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that auto-related costs were an astonishing twenty-three per cent higher in December 2021, than a year earlier, accelerating a trend of increasing transit costs contributing to Hawaii's rising cost of living.
The legislature further finds that climate change caused by carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels poses a serious threat to the economic well-being, public health, natural resources, and environment of Hawaii. The state has committed to eliminating fossil fuels from the electricity and ground transportation sectors, abiding by the Paris Climate Accord's goal to limit the amount of global warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius and achieving negative carbon emissions for Hawaii by 2045. The legislature finds that meeting the State's clean energy goals and commitments necessitates the rapid transition to electric vehicles that utilize local, renewable energy sources.
The legislature further finds that electric bikes are significantly more cost effective and better for the environment than gas powered motor vehicles and can effectively get many Hawaii residents to locations as conveniently as gas powered motor vehicles.
The purpose of this Act is to encourage the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles and bicycles and to reduce the cost of living and cost of transportation by creating subsidies for those looking to purchase electric motor vehicles and bicycles.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for subsidies for use by low income persons to purchase electric motor vehicles and electric bicycles.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2022.
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Report Title:
Electric Motor Vehicles; Bicycles; Subsidies
Description:
Appropriates funds for subsidies to encourage the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles and bicycles.
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