THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair
Senator J. Kalani English, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011

DATE:	Thursday, February 10, 2011
TIME:	3:00 PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB147 Testimony Status	RELATING TO BIOFUELS. Creates an income tax credit for development and construction costs for qualifying biofuel production facilities.  Repeals 1/1/2017.	ENE/EDT, WAM
SB1408 Testimony Status	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY ENTERPRISE ZONES. Establishes renewable energy enterprise zones in the State to encourage the development of renewable energy technologies.  Creates a 7-year pilot renewable energy enterprise zone in Kalaeloa.	ENE/EDT, WAM
SB1164 Testimony Status	RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES. Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" to include the production of certain electric power from solar energy.	EDT/ENE, WAM
SB149 Testimony Status	RELATING TO BIOFUEL PRODUCTION FACILITIES. Establishes a biofuel production facility loan guarantee program administered by the department of business, economic development, and tourism; requires adoption of rules; establishes terms and restrictions; requires annual report.	EDT/ENE, WAM
SB772 Testimony Status	RELATING TO BIOFUEL FACILITIES. Expands the facility tax credit to include various biofuels; amends the definition of nameplate capacity; requires a qualifying facility to be located within the State and to utilize locally grown feedstock for at least 75% of its production output; increases the amount of certified credits from $12 million to $20 million; and removes the 40 million gallon production per year cap.	EDT/ENE, WAM
SB1363 Testimony Status	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires businesses to collect a 25 cent offset fee for distribution of every non-reusable checkout bag.  Provides for the department of health to collect seventy-five per cent of offset fee to be used for administration and enforcement.  Allows businesses to retain twenty-five per cent of offset fee as taxable income.  Exempts offset fee from excise tax.	ENE/EDT, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

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