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. 852, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Exempt proceedings of the Public Utilities Commission

(2) Specify that the lack of quorum by an issuing agency

The Public Utilities Commission and the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii supported this bill. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this bill with amendments. The Environmental Center of the University of Hawaii, and Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to promote further discussion.

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. 852, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 852, H.D. 2.