CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 147-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1726

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1726, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to align the repeal dates of the Energy Systems Development Special Fund and the environmental response, energy, and food security tax by extending the repeal date of the Special Fund to 2015, along with the periodic evaluation and plan of action requirements for the Special Fund.

 


     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the preamble;

 

     (2)  Changing the sunset date of Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, to June 30, 2013; and

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to June 29, 2012.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1726, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1726, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair

 

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DENNY COFFMAN, Co-Chair

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MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair

 

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DEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, Co-Chair