STAND. COM. REP. NO.  468-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1938

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1938 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that current standards that are published by the American Society for Testing and Materials and the Society of Automotive Engineers are adopted for use by the Department of Agriculture.

Aloha Petroleum, Ltd. and Hawaii Petroleum Inc. testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Agriculture; and Chevron Productions Company commented on this measure.  

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1938 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture,

____________________________ JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair

____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair