STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1268

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 473

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 473, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Permit the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority to develop, enter into, and implement inter-agency agreements with the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism without the need for a memorandum of agreement or memorandum of understanding; and

     (2)  Require certain terms to be included in any contract between the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority and any state agency, office, department, or other administrative subdivision.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority.

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Taxation.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will facilitate collaboration between the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and promote the efficient use of available resources.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the reference to "contracts" in the title of the proposed section and replacing the term "contract" with "inter-agency agreement" in the remainder of the proposed section; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 473, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 473, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair