STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2786

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3195

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3195, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate start-up funding for the investigation, exploration, and identification of geothermal resources on Hawaiian home lands.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii State Energy Office, Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Sustainable Energy Hawaii, and four individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the exploration geothermal resources can be used for the generation, transmission, or production of hydrogen, other renewable energy resources, and electricity. Accordingly, your Committee finds that efforts to investigate, explore, and identify these resources on Hawaiian home lands should be supported.

Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 S.B. No. 3195, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3195, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair