STAND. COM. REP. NO. 384

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1030

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1030 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM FROM THE ENERGY SECURITY SPECIAL FUND,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation of $145,000 from the energy security special fund to staff and support the Hawaii Refinery Task Force.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

     Your Committees find that the closure of Tesoro Hawaii's Kapolei refinery and the uncertain future of Hawaii's remaining Chevron refinery create significant concerns to the State regarding its supply of refined fossil fuels.  Supporting the task force will help the State prepare for changes in Hawaii's fuel supply system and will provide the necessary funding for administration of the task force, studies, and assessments.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Energy and Environment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1030 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Energy and Environment,

____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair

____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair