HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Rep. Chris Lee, Chair

Rep. Cynthia Thielen, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Denny Coffman

Rep. Derek S.K. Kawakami

Rep. Ty J.K. Cullen

Rep. Nicole E. Lowen

Rep. Cindy Evans

Rep. Richard Lee Fale

Rep. Faye P. Hanohano

 

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

TIME:

11AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on January 31, 2013 at 8:30AM.

 

HB 357

Status

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Requires certain businesses in the State to collect a 10-cent fee for each single-use checkout bag provided to customers.  Allows businesses to retain ten per cent of the fees, subject to income and general excise taxes, for the first year.  Directs use of fee revenues to fund programs to mitigate the effects of single-use checkout bags.  Establishes provisions relating to violations, injunctive and other relief, county ordinances, business reporting, and audit authority.  Requires annual report to the legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB 106

Status

RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES.

Repeals Act 97, SLH 2012, relating to geothermal resources which differentiates between "geothermal resources exploration" and "geothermal resources development".  Designates "geothermal resources exploration" and "geothermal resources development" as permissible uses in all state land use districts and certain conservation district zones in accordance with chapter 205, HRS.  Enacts geothermal resource subzones, designation of areas as geothermal resources subzones, and exploratory wells, which were repealed by Act 97.

 

EEP, WAL, FIN

HB 856

Status

RELATING TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.

Establishes a regulatory financing structure that authorizes the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to provide low-cost loans for green infrastructure equipment to achieve measurable cost savings and achieve Hawaii's clean energy goals.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Chris Lee

Chair