STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1495

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1074

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1074, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to continue efforts to develop goals and policies to guide the development of the State by requiring the Office of Planning to:

 

(1)  Review the Hawaii State Plan as set forth in the Hawaii State Planning Act and appropriate funds for that purpose; and

 

(2)  Submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2017 Regular Session regarding the review of and proposed updates to the Hawaii State Planning Act.

 

     The Office of Planning; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and Hawaii Chapter of the American Planning Association testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1074, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair