Bill Text: HI SCR139 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting That The Department Of Transportation Establish A Zero Emissions Interisland Transportation Working Group.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-16 - Referred to TRS. [SCR139 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-SCR139-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	139
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THAT the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ESTABLISH A ZERO EMISSIONS INTERISLAND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the State's existing carbon emissions and greenhouse gasses goals are to have a zero emissions clean economy by 2045; and

 

WHEREAS, transportation accounts for the majority of Hawaii's greenhouse gas emissions; and

 

     WHEREAS, 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; and

 

     WHEREAS, these new electric technologies will reduce the cost of transportation between islands especially as the cost of fossil fuels increases; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii is a unique regional market of significant population and travel density in which to deploy new technologies and services making it ideally suited to serve as an incubator for short-range sea and air travel between the islands as vehicles scale up in size and range; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Transportation is requested to establish a zero emissions interisland transportation working group; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group is requested to advise and recommend plans regarding zero emissions interisland transportation to the Governor and Legislature and develop metrics, benchmarks, plans and recommendations for stakeholders; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group is further requested to identify opportunities to coordinate with and pursue funding from other groups, agencies, and programs in and outside of the State that are working to achieve zero emissions transportation; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Working Group; Zero Emissions Transportation; Interisland Transportation