STAND. COM. REP. NO.  734

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1017

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1017, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BIOFUELS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist the State in meeting its clean energy goals by expanding the renewable energy facility siting process to include biofuel production facilities and distribution infrastructure with the capacity to produce or distribute 100,000 gallons or more of biofuel annually.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Hawaii BioEnergy, ILWU Local 142, and Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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 H.B. No. 1017, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1017, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair