STAND. COM. REP. NO. 340

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1365

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Energy and Environment and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1365 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit the issuance of any permit on or after January 1, 2012, for new construction of certain structures, unless the structure's roof is constructed using cool roof materials, and require the counties to adopt and enforce rules, ordinances, and guidelines to enforce the use of cool roofs through the building inspection process.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Brian Bell.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from David Arakawa, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committees find that promoting energy conservation, reducing the State's dependence on imported oil, and combating what is known as the "heat island effect" can be achieved by this measure's requirements that cool roofing materials be used to upgrade the performance standards of new roofs.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environment and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1365 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environment and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair

 

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair