CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 10-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2631

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2631, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY INDUSTRY REPORTING,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce the unnecessarily burdensome reporting requirements on the petroleum industry required by the Petroleum Industry Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Program (Reporting Program) under Chapter 486J, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), while requiring information deemed essential for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) to perform its functions by, among other things:

 

(1)  Repealing the Reporting Program, its special fund, and the requirement that the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) analyze the collected data; and


(2)  Establishing the Energy Data Collection Program that:

 

(A)  Includes development and maintenance of an energy database system that meets the requirements of government and industry, while promoting sound policy making, energy planning, energy assurance planning, and energy security; and

 

(B)  Requires refiners and distributors to submit monthly reports to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism on various fuels imported, exported, sold, transferred, used, refined, manufactured, compounded, and distributed in the state, among other information pursuant to section 486J-3, HRS (monthly statements).

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the title of Chapter 486J, HRS, to "Energy Industry Information Reporting Act";

 

(2)  Specifying that the monthly statements be filed with the Research and Economic Analysis Division of DBEDT;

 

(3)  Changing the scope of data that is exempt from public disclosure under the Uniform Information Practices Act to the monthly statements and the data contained therein;  

 

(4)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010; and

 

(5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2631, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2631, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.


 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

 

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HERMINA MORITA, Co-Chair

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MIKE GABBARD, Co-Chair

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair

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SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair

 

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DENNY COFFMAN, Co-Chair