STAND. COM. REP. NO. 858
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1017
H.D. 3
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1017, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to encourage the use of alternative energy by removing restrictions against the installation of solar energy devices in townhouses and other residential dwellings that fall within an association of homeowners, community association, cooperative, or similar entity. Specifically, this measure:
(1) Allows, with limited restrictions, for installation of solar energy devices on any privately-owned, single-family residential dwelling or townhouse; and
(2) Requires associations or cooperatives to adopt rules regarding the placement of solar energy devices.
The Hawaii Solar Energy Association, Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance, Inter-Island Solar Supply, and Hawaii PVCoalition testified in support of this measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of the bill. The Mililani Town Association opposed this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2010, 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1017, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1017, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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