STAND. COM. REP. NO. 537
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 857
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Agriculture and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 857 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY,"
beg leave to report as follows:
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Reinstating the sunset date for the energy systems development special fund and extending it to June 30, 2018; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
Your Committees note that although there was nearly universal oral and written support for this bill, one person expressed concern that this bill could be improved by addressing the carbon footprint of all energy sources and better define clean energy.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 857, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 857, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Energy & Environmental Protection,
____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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____________________________ JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair |
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