CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 148

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 1296

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1296, H.D. 2, 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 promote the expansion of hydrogen-based energy in Hawaii by:

     (1)  Designating the Director of the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies of the High Technology Development Corporation as the State Hydrogen Implementation Coordinator to facilitate the establishment of hydrogen energy infrastructure and policies; and

     (2)  Establishing a Hydrogen Implementation Working Group to be convened by the State Hydrogen Implementation Coordinator and submit a report of the working group's findings and recommendations to the Legislature.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended the measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2015.

     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. 1296, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1296, H.D. 2, 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

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Co-Chair
____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Co-Chair	____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Co-Chair
____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Co-Chair