STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1108-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2532

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 2532 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to incorporate the definitions, guiding principles, and goals of the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force into the Hawaii State Planning Act, codified as Chapter 226, Hawaii Revised Statutes. 

 

     The University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Naalehu Main Street, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Office of the Governor and the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 


     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2532, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2532, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair