STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1391

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.C.R. No. 287

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 287 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF ADOPTING OBSERVANCE OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to explore an alternative option for energy savings by requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to conduct a study on the effects of adopting daylight savings time (DST) observance in Hawaii.

     Hawaii BioEnergy and the Hawaii Food Industry Association supported this concurrent resolution.  LRB provided comments.

     Your Committee finds that the Legislature, the policy-making body of the State, is in need of relevant information on DST to make informed decisions regarding its implementation.

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Requesting LRB to gather and compile information on DST and the effect of its observance on climate change and energy reduction, rather than conduct a general study; and

     (2)  Changing the title to read, "REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO GATHER AND COMPILE INFORMATION ON DAYLIGHT SAVINGS AND ITS EFFECT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY-USE REDUCTION"; and

     Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 287, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 287, H.D. 1.

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

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DENNY COFFMAN, Acting Chair and Vice Chair