STAND. COM. REP. NO.  488

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 794

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 794 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the University of Hawaii Green Special Fund into which will be deposited, among other sources, savings from energy conservation measures.  The Fund will be used to support energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability projects and services for the benefit of the University.

The University of Hawaii, Americans for Democratic Action, Graduate Student Organization at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by amending the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 794, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 794, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair