Bill Text: HI SB15 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Biofuel; Ethanol; Motor Vehicles; Diesel Fuel
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-02-19 - Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 41). [SB15 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB15-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ENERGY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the intent of the ten per cent ethanol requirement under section 486J-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, was to provide energy independence from foreign oil, reduce statewide gasoline consumption, and establish industrial plants to produce ethanol locally.
The State of Hawaii imports all of its ethanol, along with crude oil, from overseas. Act 257, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, requires that gasoline sold in the State contain ten per cent ethanol. Despite several planned ethanol plants and an abundance of vacant sugar cane land, no plants have been built. The legislature finds that the intent of Act 257 remains unfulfilled.
The purpose of this Act is to change the existing law requiring ten per cent ethanol fuel content in gasoline to a requirement that each distributor who sells liquid fuels in the State for use in motor vehicles shall ensure that locally-produced biofuels account for at least five per cent of the distributor's annual sales of liquid fuels for motor vehicles by volume; provided that for diesel fuel, no more than five per cent of locally-produced biofuel shall be required. The legislature finds that the different requirements for diesel fuel in this Act are necessary because gasoline with ethanol is not an equal substitute for biodiesel. The legislature notes that ethanol-blended gasoline is for use in gasoline engines, and biodiesel is for use in diesel engines.
SECTION 2. Section 486J-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§486J-10 [Ethanol] Biofuel
content requirement. (a) The director shall adopt rules in accordance
with chapter 91 to require that [gasoline sold in the State for use in motor
vehicles contain ten per cent ethanol by volume. The amounts of gasoline sold
in the State containing ten per cent ethanol shall be in accordance with rules
as the director may deem appropriate. The director may authorize the sale of
gasoline that does not meet these requirements as provided in subsection (d).]
each distributor who sells liquid fuels in the State for use in motor
vehicles shall ensure that locally-produced biofuels account for at least five
per cent of the distributor's annual sales of liquid fuels for motor vehicles
by volume; provided that for diesel fuel, no more than five per cent of
locally-produced biofuel shall be required.
[(b) Gasoline blended with an ethanol-based
product, such as ethyl tertiary butyl ether, shall be considered to be in
conformance with this section if the quantity of ethanol used in the
manufacture of the ethanol-based product represents ten per cent, by volume, of
the finished motor fuel.
(c) Ethanol used in the manufacture of
ethanol-based gasoline additives, such as ethyl tertiary butyl ether, may be
considered to contribute to the distributor's conformance with this section;
provided that the total quantity of ethanol used by the distributor is an
amount equal to or greater than the amount of ethanol required under this
section.
(d)] (b) The director may
authorize the sale of [gasoline] fuel that does not meet the
provisions of this section:
(1) To the extent that sufficient quantities of
competitively-priced [ethanol] biofuel are not available to meet
the minimum requirements of this section; or
(2) In the event of any other circumstances for which the director determines compliance with this section would cause undue hardship.
[(e)] (c) Each distributor, at
reporting dates as the director may establish, shall file with the director, on
forms prescribed, prepared, and furnished by the director, a certified
statement [showing:
(1) The price and amount of ethanol
available;
(2) The amount of ethanol-blended fuel sold
by the distributor;
(3) The amount of non-ethanol-blended
gasoline sold by the distributor; and
(4) Any] providing fuel types and
quantities sold by the distributor and any other information the director [shall]
may require for the purposes of compliance with this section.
[(f)] (d) Provisions with
respect to confidentiality of information shall be the same as provided in
section 486J-6.
[(g)] (e) Any distributor or any
other person violating the requirements of this section shall be subject to a
fine of not less than $2 per gallon of nonconforming fuel, up to a maximum of
$10,000 per infraction.
[(h)] (f) The director, in
accordance with chapter 91, shall adopt rules for the administration and
enforcement of this section.
(g) As used in this section, "biofuel" means liquid or gaseous fuels produced from organic sources, such as biomass crops; agricultural residues; oil crops, including but not limited to algae, canola, jatropha, palm, soybean, and sunflower; other agricultural crops; grease and waste cooking oil; food wastes; municipal solid wastes and industrial wastes; and produced animal residues and wastes; provided that the fuels shall meet the relevant ASTM International specifications of latest issue."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Biofuel; Ethanol; Motor Vehicles; Diesel Fuel
Description:
Changes existing gasoline requirement of ten per cent ethanol fuel content to a requirement that each distributor who sells liquid fuels in the State for use in motor vehicles shall ensure that locally-produced biofuels account for at least five per cent of the distributor's annual sales of liquid fuels for motor vehicles by volume; provided that for diesel fuel, no more than five per cent of locally-produced biofuel shall be required. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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