STAND. COM. REP. NO.  843-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1684

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1684, H.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 of this measure is to exempt operations of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii from bidding requirements for concessions or space on public property.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1684, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1684, H.D. 2, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair