Bill Text: HI SB3311 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 3311 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating To Transportation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2022-06-27 - Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1216) [SB3311 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-SB3311-Amended.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	3311
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

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 transportation accounts for the majority of Hawaii's greenhouse gas emissions. However, Hawaii is ideally suited to serve as a unique incubator for innovative new technologies and services that will help countries around the world achieve zero emissions transportation.

Hawaii is an island chain with a population density sufficient to support the electrification of ground transportation. Hawaii does not face the same issues of range anxiety found in larger jurisdictions. Hawaii can achieve electric charging saturation much more easily than larger or more sparsely populated jurisdictions. Hawaii is on track to achieve one hundred per cent clean electricity which will make it possible to charge a truly clean transportation fleet. Further, Hawaii has excellent year-round weather, making it possible to significantly reduce the need for fossil fuel transportation year-round by enabling pedestrian, bicycle, and other mobility for large portions of the population, as has already been achieved successfully in many other nations.

The legislature further finds that Hawaii is also ideally suited to serve as an incubator for short-range sea and air travel between the islands. Electric ferries of significant commercial scale already operate in coastal areas of Europe, and commercial electric aircraft are now entering markets in regions around the world. As vehicles scale up in size and range, Hawaii is a unique regional market of significant population and travel density in which to deploy new technologies and service.

The purpose of this Act is to establish long-term goals for zero emissions transportation in Hawaii and abroad to achieve the reduction and elimination of transportation emissions, provide a commitment and support from the State to emerging companies looking to demonstrate and pioneer new technologies and services in the years to come, and establish working groups of government agencies and expert stakeholders to develop plans and recommendations to help achieve zero emissions transportation.

SECTION 2. Chapter 225P, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"PART . hAWAII CLEAN TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE

§225P-A Ground transportation working group; established. (a) There is established a ground transportation working group within the department of transportation for administrative purposes.

(b) The working group shall:

(1) Develop metrics, benchmarks, plans, and recommendations for stakeholders and the legislature to achieve the goals of section 225P-C(a)(1);

(2) Coordinate with other groups, agencies, and programs in the State and outside of the State that are working to achieve zero emissions transportation; and

(3) Coordinate with the State and applicable stakeholders to pursue grants and other funding opportunities to achieve the goals of section 225P-C(a)(1).

(1) The director of transportation or the director's designee, who shall serve as co-chairperson of the working group;

(2) The chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office, or the chief energy officer's designee, who shall serve as co-chairperson of the working group;

(3) The co-chairpersons of the commission, or the co‑chairpersons' designees; and

(4) Relevant stakeholders as recommended by the working group.

(d) The working group shall:

(1) Submit an annual report to the commission of the working group's activities performed, progress made, and recommendations to achieve the goals of section 225P-C(a)(1); and

(2) Submit a report of the progress made and recommendations to achieve the goals of section 225P‑C(a)(1), including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session.

§225P-B Interisland transportation working group; established. (a) There is established an interisland transportation working group within the department of transportation for administrative purposes.

(b) The working group shall:

(1) Develop metrics, benchmarks, plans, and recommendations for stakeholders and the legislature to achieve the goals of section 225P-C(a)(2);

(2) Coordinate with other groups, agencies, and programs in the State and outside of the State that are working to achieve zero emissions transportation; and

(3) Coordinate with the State and applicable stakeholders to pursue grants and other funding opportunities to achieve the goals of section 225P-C(a)(2).

(1) The director of transportation or the director's designee, who shall serve as co-chairperson of the working group;

(2) The chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office, or the chief energy officer's designee, who shall serve as co-chairperson of the working group;

(3) The co-chairpersons of the commission, or the co‑chairpersons' designees; and

(4) Relevant stakeholders as recommended by the working group.

(d) The working group shall:

(1) Submit an annual report to the commission of the working group's activities performed, progress made, and recommendations to achieve the goals of section 225P-C(a)(2); and

(2) Submit a report of the progress made and recommendations to achieve the goals of section 225P‑C(a)(2), including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session.

§225P-C Hawaii clean transportation initiative; established. (a) It shall be the goal of the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve zero emissions across all transportation modes within the State, including across all sectors of:

(1) Ground transportation as soon as practicably possible;

(2) Interisland transportation as soon as practicably possible; and

(3) International transpacific transportation as soon as practicably possible.

(b) Each department, board, and commission shall endeavor to achieve the goals established in this section.

§225P-D Electric vehicle sales growth; department of transportation; requirements. The department of transportation and state energy office shall:

(1) Develop plans to ensure that the State's electric charging capacity is sufficient to support the growing use of electric vehicles in the State by increasing the State's electric charging capacity at a rate that exceeds the rate by which electric vehicle sales replace internal combustion vehicle sales;

(2) Allow continued access to high-occupancy vehicle lanes by electric vehicles until electric vehicles constitute at least twenty-five per cent of all new vehicle sales; and

(3) Develop incentives to further promote the adoption of electric vehicles.

§225P-E Rulemaking. The department of transportation and state energy office may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to effectuate this part."

SECTION 3. Chapter 225P, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by designating sections 225P-1 to 225P-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as part I, entitled "General Provisions".

SECTION 4. In codifying the new sections added by section 2 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in this Act.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2022.

Report Title:

Department of Transportation; Zero Emissions Transportation Goals; Ground Transportation; Interisland Transportation; Working Groups; Electric Vehicles

Description:

Establishes the ground transportation and interisland transportation working groups. Requires the Department of Transportation to prepare for and incentivize the increased adoption of electric vehicles in the State. Establishes goals. (SD1)

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