Bill Text: HI SB2147 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Air Conditioning Use; Commercial Buildings or Structures

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-08 - (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. [SB2147 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2147-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2042

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2147

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2147 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE USE OF AIR CONDITIONERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to prohibit a commercial building or structure owner or lessee from keeping any exterior door open while an air conditioner or central cooling system is in use.

 

     Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by two organizations.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that this is a simple, but effective measure to ensure energy consciousness.  The building sector accounts for seventy-two per cent of electricity use, and more than thirty-six per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, in the United States.  This measure is a smart policy to help reduce Hawaii's energy consumption and greenhouse gas production.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purpose of clarity.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2147, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2147, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,

 

		____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair