STAND. COM. REP. NO.  817-14

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 Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1938 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to specify that certain petroleum product measurement standards adopted by the State shall be the current standards as published by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Chevron Products Company.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

     Your Committee finds this measure will ensure the Department of Agriculture and fuel refineries will use consistent standards regarding fuel specifications.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1938 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair