STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1107

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 869

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 869 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STUDY ON ENERGY EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the University of Hawaii to conduct a study on energy-efficient transportation strategies in conjunction with the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT).

     The Energy Efficiency Working Group of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum testified in support of this bill.  DBEDT and the Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing the appropriation amount to encourage further discussion;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020; and

     (3)  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. 869, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 869, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair