STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2827

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2493

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2493 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE PLANNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, to provide the Hawaii Sustainability Task Force with more time to finish preliminary work on the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan.

Specifically, the measure amends Act 8 by:

(1) Extending the Auditor's deadline by one year to complete the 2050 Sustainability Plan; and

(2) Extending the Task Force's authority to conduct it's proceedings from the adjournment sine die of the 2007 Regular Session of the Legislature to June 30, 2008.

Your Committee finds that Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, authorized the creation of the 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.

In December 2005, the Task Force submitted its first report to the Legislature, and in the report, the Task Force determined that, among other things, the process to create the 2050 Sustainability Plan should include research and data gathering, community input and outreach, and activities to educate the public. However, these efforts take a significant amount of planning and coordination.

This measure will allow the Task Force to continue its work for another year to complete its preliminary work on the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan.

Your Committee has amended the measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

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. 2493, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2493, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair