STAND. COM. REP. NO.  869

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1570

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1570, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide persons renting cars in Hawaii with the opportunity to make a voluntary contribution toward the protection of the State's unique environment.

Specifically, this measure requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to include an option for the lessee in the rental agreement to contribute a sum to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the preservation and protection of the environment, effective January 1, 2020.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Transportation, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and Conservation Council for Hawaii supported this measure.  Enterprise Holdings opposed this measure.

     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. 1570, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair