STAND. COM. REP. NO.  777-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2166

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2166 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce energy use on the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa campus and encourage the development of models for energy savings that can benefit the entire UH system and the broader community.  Specifically, this bill appropriates funds for energy conservation and renewable energy measures that are part of the sustainable Saunders Hall project at UH at Manoa.

     The Help Us Bridge (HUB) Student Sustainability Team, Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  UH commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing:

     (1)  The appropriation for energy conservation and renewable energy measures that are part of the sustainable Saunders Hall project at UH at Manoa from $1,024,000, to an unspecified amount; and

     (2)  The effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made 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. 2166, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2166, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair