STAND. COM. REP. NO.  397-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2165

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2165 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Authorize the counties to create a process for the recordation and enforcement of solar easements; and

 

     (2)  Require protection of solar access from shade caused by vegetation to preserve the economic value of solar radiation falling on structures, investments in solar energy devices, and the options for future uses of solar energy.

 

     Hawaii Solar Energy Association and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to November 10, 2113, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2165, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2165, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair