STAND. COM. REP. NO.  927

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1529

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1529, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PLANNING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to accurately reflect the ever-changing goals and direction of the State by establishing a temporary task force to begin a dialogue leading toward the updating of the Hawaii State Planning Act and to provide for a review of the current budget planning process.

 

     The Representative from the first district and Windward Ahupuaa Alliance supported this bill.  The Office of Planning and Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Adding a purpose section;

 

     (2)  Detailing the duties of the task force relating to its review of the planning, programming, and budgeting system of the State;

 

     (3)  Clarifying the task force shall be composed of, among other members:

 

              (A)  A Senator appointed by the President of the Senate; and

        

              (B)  A Representative appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

 

     (4)  Authorizing the task force, in developing its preliminary recommendations, to conduct meetings without regard to chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which deals with public agency meetings and records;

 

     (5)  Requiring the task force to adopt its final recommendations, prepare an interim report, and draft any proposed legislation by no later than December 15, 2011, for submission to the legislature for its consideration in the 2012 Regular Session; and

 

     (6)  Allowing the task force to reconvene if its recommendations are approved by the Legislature, begin public hearings on recommendations, and set guidelines regarding public hearings and notices.

 

     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. 1529, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1529, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair