Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy, Environment, and International Affairs and Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1553 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to direct the Department of Health to develop rules to achieve the maximum feasible reduction of greenhouse gases emitted by passenger vehicles, light-duty trucks, and other noncommercial personal vehicles.

Testimony in support of the measure was given by the Sierra Club. Testimony in opposition to the measure was received from the Department of Health and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.

Your Committees find that reduction of greenhouse gases emitted from noncommercial motor vehicles is necessary to maintain and improve the health of the environment in which Hawaii's residents live. Your Committees also find that a proactive approach to the problem of greenhouse gases is warranted, and that the measure provides appropriate exclusionary provisions for motor vehicles.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy, Environment, and International Affairs and Transportation and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1553 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing.