STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2168
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 3101
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2008
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 3101 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCER,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to allow growers and producers of organic materials to take advantage of Act 102, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002, which authorized the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease public lands to renewable energy producers through direct negotiation.
Specifically, this measure amends the definition of "renewable energy producer" in section 171-95, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include growers and producers of organic materials used primarily for the production of biofuels or other fuels, and in doing so, make them eligible for direct leases of public land.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
Your Committee finds that permitting growers and producers of organic materials, used primarily for the production of biofuels, to lease public lands through direct negotiation is in compliance with the intent of Act 102, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002, allowing the leasing of public lands for renewable energy purposes.
Your Committee further finds that this measure serves the larger goal of encouraging the local production of renewable energy.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3101 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water and Land.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,
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____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair |
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