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 S.B. No. 1427, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to encourage the use of energy-efficient vehicles and save state funds by requiring state agencies to procure increasing percentages of alternative fuel vehicles.

The Rocky Mountain Institute testified in support of this bill. The Department of Transportation and Department of Accounting and General Services supported the intent of this measure. The State Procurement Office provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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 S.B. No. 1427, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1427, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.