STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1349-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2845

      S.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred S.B. No. 2845, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REORGANIZATION OF STATE AGENCIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to direct the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to conduct a study to identify and evaluate options for reorganizing the state agencies that are integral to achieving the State's energy objectives.

     This study will:

(1)  Identify the statutory responsibilities of state agencies that are integral to successfully achieving state energy objectives;

(2)  Identify any duplication or deficiency in these state agencies' responsibilities relating to state energy objectives;

(3)  Research how other states address similar deficiencies in the administration of their energy policies; and

(4)  Make recommendations regarding how the state agencies can be reorganized to achieve state energy objectives and advance the State's long-term energy strategy.

     This bill also appropriates an unspecified sum for LRB to contract for this study.

     Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the State Procurement Office opposed this measure.  LRB offered comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2845, S.D. 2, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair