STAND. COM. REP. NO. 701-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2805

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2805 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide additional time for the 2050 Sustainability Task Force to perform necessary research and community research in developing its plan to guide Hawaii's future. This bill extends:

(1) The deadline for the Auditor to submit the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan by an additional year to December 2007; and

(2) The authority of the Hawaii 2050 Task Force to June 30, 2008.

The Auditor and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported this bill.

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 H.B. No. 2805 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

____________________________

DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair