STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1371-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 104

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Agriculture, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 104 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE ALOHA+ CHALLENGE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide an integrated and focused approach to sustainability by:

 

     (1)  Legislatively endorsing clean energy, sustainability, resource management, and other goals of the Aloha+ Challenge; and

 

     (2)  Requesting the Hawaii State Sustainability Coordinator to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the launch and progress of the Aloha+ Challenge.

 

     The Department of Health; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Office of Planning; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Agriculture; State Department of Defense; State Sustainability Coordinator; Office of Economic Development of the County of Kauai; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Nature Conservancy; Sustainability Partners, Inc.; Ulupono Initiative; Hawaii Green Growth; Enterprise Honolulu; and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.


 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 104 and recommend its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business and Agriculture,

 

 

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JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair