STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1725

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1338

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1338, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSEHOLD ENERGY DEMAND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase energy conservation by providing that the relevant governing documents for single-family residential dwellings and townhouses may not prohibit the use of clotheslines on those properties.

     The Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter supported this bill.  The Mililani Town Association, The Gas Company, and Blue Planet Foundation provided comments on this bill.

     Your Committee notes that this measure, as drafted, is not intended to apply to horizontal property regime condominiums.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1338, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1338, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair