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, Na‘alehu 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 |
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