STAND. COM. REP. NO.  150-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2547

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2547 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure the long-term planning, coordination, and implementation of the state's sustainability goals by:

 

     (1)  Establishing an Office of Sustainability (Office) within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (Department) to guide state sustainability policies; and

 

     (2)  Creating the State Sustainability Special Fund to support the Office and its initiatives.

 

     The Office of Planning; State Procurement Office; Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Ulupono Initiative; Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Hawaii Bioeconomy Trade Organization; Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu; Patients Without Time; Kokua Hawaii Foundation; Honua Consulting; Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation; Surfrider Foundation Oahu Chapter; and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General and Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 28, 2045, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2547, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2547, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Economic Development & Business.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair