STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2936
Honolulu, Hawaii
S.D. 2
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3103, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to require attestations or declarations to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism regarding project labor standards for certain large-scale renewable energy projects.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Energy Office, Pacific Resource Partnership, Operating Engineers Local 3, and Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters.
Your Committee received written comments on this measure from Hawaiian Electric.
Your Committee finds that the compliance and reporting requirements established by this measure will help encourage the use of local labor and the payment of prevailing wages to provide economic stability for Hawaii's residents.
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. 3103, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3103, 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 |
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