STAND. COM. REP. NO. 747

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1074

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1074 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Office of Planning to review the Hawaii State Plan and to report to the Legislature with recommendations to update the plan in response to current state needs.

 

     The measure also appropriates the sum of $250,000 for fiscal years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 for the Office of Planning to conduct the review.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and the Office of Planning.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Hawaii State Planning Act was enacted in 1978 to improve the planning process and guide future development of the State.  However, the most recent update of the Hawaii State Plan was completed in 1985.  Your Committee believes that it is necessary to update the plan to respond to the significant changes that have occurred in Hawaii's economic, environmental, and social conditions; technology; and the global marketplace.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation from $250,000 to an unspecified amount;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

     (3)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, 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. 1074, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1074, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair