Report Title:

Hawaii 2050 Sustainability; Time Extensions

Description:

Extends the deadline for the auditor to submit the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan for an additional year and extends the authority of the Hawaii 2050 task force to 6/30/08. (SD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2805

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to state planning.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. During the 2005 special session, the legislature adopted Act 8, which created the Hawaii 2050 sustainability task force (task force) to review the Hawaii state plan and the State's planning process, and required the office of the auditor to prepare the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan.

Once all of the members of the task force were appointed, the task force held several meetings during the fall of 2005. The objectives of these meetings were to address and meet the requirements of Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, and to develop and approve a process to create the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan. Based on these objectives, the task force submitted a report to the legislature outlining the process for creating the plan and making additional recommendations.

In its recommendations, the task force noted that after reviewing the magnitude of creating the sustainability plan, more time is required to perform necessary research and community outreach. The purpose of this Act is to extend:

(1) The task force's deadline for completing the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan by one year; and

(2) The authority of the task force to June 30, 2008.

SECTION 2. Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, is amended by amending section 4 to read as follows:

"SECTION 4. Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan. (a) After receipt of the task force's report, the office of the auditor shall prepare the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan. The plan shall be prepared to define and implement state goals, objectives, policies, and priority guidelines using sections 226-3 to 226-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as guiding principles. The auditor shall seek input from all state departments. The auditor shall also solicit public views and concerns in preparation of the plan and shall incorporate all or a portion of the recommendations reported by the Hawaii 2050 task force.

The plan shall serve as a guideline for funding and implementation by state and county agencies. The office of planning shall assist the auditor in reviewing the plan.

(b) The auditor shall submit the sustainability plan to the legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the regular session of [2007.] 2008.

(c) The auditor, with the assistance of the office of planning, shall update the plan every ten years and report to the legislature."

SECTION 3. Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, is amended by amending section 7 to read as follows:

"SECTION 7. The Hawaii 2050 task force shall cease to operate after [the adjournment sine die of the 2007 regular session of the legislature.] June 30, 2008."

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.