STAND. COM. REP. NO.  368-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2252

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2252 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF GAS TANKLESS WATER HEATERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect consumers from harm by requiring that gas tankless, on-demand water heaters be certified by a North American certification organization before a variance application for a new single-family dwelling building permit to be issued is accepted.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawai‘i Gas; and a concerned individual supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2252 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair