STAND. COM. REP. NO. 897-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 1835
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1835, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to increase public and environmental health by lessening the amount of light pollution created by state facilities by requiring the Department of Transportation, to the extent that is practical to:
(1) Comply with county ordinances and standards relating to outside lighting at airports, harbors, and highways; and
(2) Provide cut-off or fully shielded lens fixtures to direct artificial lighting downward and not diffused into the atmosphere.
The University of Hawaii's Institute of Astronomy and the Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club supported this bill. The Department of Transportation opposed this measure.
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. 1835, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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