STAND. COM. REP. NO. 18

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 523

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 523 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this short form measure is to amend the law relating to transportation.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with language that provides for biofuel storage and transmission infrastructure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 523, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 523, S.D. 1, and be recommitted to the Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and International Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair