STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1077

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 606

      S.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 Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 606, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize boards of directors of condominium associations to install or allow the installation of solar energy or wind energy devices on condominium common elements under appropriate circumstances.

     The Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners, the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, and the Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, testified in support of the measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism testified in support of the intent of the measure.

     Your Committee finds that allowing the installation of solar energy and wind energy devices on the common elements of condominium projects would provide a significant source of clean, renewable energy, while also benefitting the condominium associations economically.  Your Committee also finds that the installation of solar energy and wind energy devices will result in a reduced dependence on fossil fuels and increase the use of renewable energy resources in the State.

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 606, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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HERMINA MORITA, Chair