RELATING TO PARKING DEMAND MANAGEMENT.

SB1093

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1093

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating
to Parking Demand Management
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The
legislature finds that the 2023 decarbonization report by the Hawaii state
energy office emphasizes that reducing ground transportation emissions heavily
depends on the reduction of vehicle miles traveled by single‑occupancy
vehicles.
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Implementing parking demand
management strategies is one of the most effective means of achieving this
reduction.

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The legislature further finds that
state-managed parking spaces are significantly more affordable than market-rate
options.
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State employees who park at a
facility managed by the department of accounting and general services pay
between $30 and $70 per month.
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Meanwhile, parking in nearby private facilities in downtown Honolulu costs
between $217 and $268 per month on average.
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The state-managed parking waitlist maintained by the department currently
consists of one thousand one hundred employees statewide, and employees wait on
average three to seven years, with some waiting longer.
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Increasing parking rates to market-rate
prices has been shown to decrease vehicle miles traveled by thirty-five per
cent.
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By increasing employee parking
rates, the State can encourage state employees to consider other transportation
options and reduce the demand for employee parking.
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In focus groups conducted by the Oahu
Metropolitan Planning Organization in July and August 2024, fifty-two per cent
of the participants stated that they would be willing to pay more for a
guaranteed parking spot or to get off the waitlist faster.

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The legislature also finds that daily-rate
parking allows for parking spaces to be more accessible and equitably available
to state employees who may need to drive their personal vehicles to work intermittently.
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Seventy-eight per cent of focus group
participants stated they would support paying for parking daily instead of
monthly.
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Offering flexibility through
daily-rate parking encourages state employees to make a conscious choice about
how they get to work each day, which may include more active and shared modes
of transportation when it makes sense for them and will help to reduce traffic
congestion, save employees money, lower emissions, and promote a healthier
lifestyle.

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The legislature notes that many focus group
participants reported using their monthly parking pass only once or twice
weekly.
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Offering flexible parking
options like daily parking rates and shared parking stalls would reduce the
financial burden of paying a monthly rate for a parking stall and reduce the
state-managed parking space waitlist.
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Additionally, focus group participants without a state parking space
reported having to leave meetings during the workday to pay the parking meter,
and those who could not do so received parking infraction citations.

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The legislature recognizes that Act 202,
Session Laws of Hawaii 2023, required the department of accounting and general
services to create and implement a program authorizing two or more state
employees to share the cost of a parking stall and allow multiple vehicles to
use that stall as appropriate.
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The
acquisition of parking reservation software would enable state employees to
reserve parking spaces as needed each day.

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Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to
require the department of accounting and general services to establish and
implement a parking demand management program for all state government
employees to reduce vehicle miles traveled and promote more conscious and
efficient use of parking resources.

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SECTION
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Section 27-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:

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Public employee
parking facilities.
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(a)
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The department [
of accounting and general services
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collaboration with the department of transportation, shall develop, implement,
administer, and manage [
a
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:

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(1)
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program to allow two or more public employees of the State to share the cost of
a parking stall and allow multiple cars to use that stall as appropriate;
provided that the total cost for sharing a parking stall between two or more
employees shall not exceed the cost of any one stall for any one employee[
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(b)
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The department of accounting and general
services, in collaboration with the department of transportation, shall
develop, implement, administer, and manage a
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; and

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(2)
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pilot project to provide a reasonable number of secure, enclosed bicycle
storage lockers at two facilities where vehicle parking is made available to
public employees of the State by the department [
of accounting and general
services
]; provided that the employee cost of secure storage of a bicycle
in an enclosed locker shall not exceed twenty per cent of the cost of a vehicle
parking stall.

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(b)
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The department shall develop and implement a parking demand management
program for state government employees.
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As
part of the program, the department shall:

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(1)
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Transition
all monthly parking options to daily parking use;

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(2)
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Reserve
additional parking stalls exclusively for daily parking use;

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(3)
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Offer
employees the option to purchase daily parking passes;

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(4)
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Procure
software that enables state employees to reserve parking on a daily basis; and

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(5)
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Establish
two permanent full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions to implement and
administer the program.

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(c)
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As used in this section:

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"Department" means the department
of accounting and general services.
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SECTION 3.
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There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii
the sum of $
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or so much thereof as may be necessary for
fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the purposes of this Act, including:

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(1)
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Procurement
of parking reservation software; and

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(2)
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Establishment
of two permanent full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions.

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The sums

appropriated shall be expended by the department of accounting and
general services for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 4.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 5.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DAGS;
State Employees; Parking Demand Management Program; Employee Parking; Monthly;
Daily Parking; Appropriation.

Description:

Establishes
a parking demand management program.
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Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to transition
all state employee monthly parking options to daily rate parking.
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Requires the Department to procure parking
reservation software.
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Creates 2
permanent full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions.
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Appropriates moneys.

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