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:
(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.
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 |
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