CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.173
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1017
H.D. 3
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1017, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY,"
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 encourage the wide-spread use of renewable energy resources by requiring homeowner associations to adopt rules by December 31, 2006, to provide for the placement of registered solar energy devices and to establish requirements for the installation of solar energy devices in single-family homes and townhouses.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Requiring a homeowner installing a solar energy device on a roof that is a common element or limited common element and subject to a labor or material roof warranty to obtain confirmation from the company that issued the warranty, that installation of the solar energy device will not void the warranty;
(2) Making the owner and any successive owner responsible for removing any solar energy devices installed on a common element or limited common element, if removal is reasonably necessary or convenient for the repair, maintenance, or replacement of the common elements or limited common elements;
(3) Changing the effective date to September 1, 2005; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubtantive 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. 1017, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1017, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair |
____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ RON MENOR, Co-Chair |
____________________________ KENNETH HIRAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Co-Chair |