STAND. COM. REP. NO.  108-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3407

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 3407 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GASOLINE DEALERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the service station anti-encroachment laws.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Western States Petroleum Association supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3407 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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HERMINA MORITA, Chair