STAND. COM. REP. NO.58
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1345
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1345 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY CONTENT OF FUELS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to encourage the use of transportation fuels, other than fossil fuel, by:
(1) Lowering the fuel tax on alternative fuels by calculating the tax on the basis of the energy content of the alternative fuel, as compared to diesel fuel; and
(2) Authorizing the county fuel tax to be proportional to the energy contents of the fuel, as determined by their lower heating value, times one-half.
The Gas Company submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and Life of the Land submitted testimony supporting the intent of the bill. The Department of Taxation and Tax Foundation of Hawaii submitted comments to the bill.
Your Committee has amended the bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style, consistency, and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1345, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1345, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair |
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