STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 552-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: H.B. No. 1986
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1986, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism,
Office of Planning, Hawaii Island Economic Development Board, The Nature
Conservancy of Hawai‘i, Oahu County Committee on
Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i,
Ulupono Initiative, and several individuals testified in support of this
measure. The Department of Land and
Natural Resources, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Life of the
Land, and an individual provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this
measure by:
(1) Changing the name of the Carbon Offset Program to Carbon Credit Revenue Program;
(2) Requiring that the Carbon Credit Revenue Program administer revenues realized from the sale of any carbon credits;
(3) Allowing the Carbon Credit Revenue Program to recognize carbon credits from established international or national carbon registries instead of requiring the creation of carbon credits;
(4) Deleting definitions of "carbon offset credit" and "emissions";
(5) Adding definitions for "carbon credit," "carbon credit revenue," and "carbon registry"; and
(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1986, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1986, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair |