STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1480-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.R. No. 229

      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 Higher Education, to which was referred H.R. No. 229 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA GREEN ROOF FEASIBILITY TEAM TO RECOMMEND INCENTIVES THAT MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE TO ENCOURAGE GREEN ROOFING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the University of Hawaii at Manoa Green Roof Feasibility Team to recommend incentives that may be established by the State to encourage green roofing.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Hawaii Chapter, Terrain-NYC, Inc., and several private citizens.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 229, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 229, H.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair