STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1001-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2001

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 2001, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the Hawaii State Planning Act to:

 

     (1)  Include promoting the development of indigenous renewable energy resources located on public trust land as a source of firm power; and

 

     (2)  Ensure that the development of energy resources on public trust land directly benefits native Hawaiians and public beneficiaries of the trust.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources; the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; Innovations Development Group; Indigenous Consultants, LLC; and two individuals supported this measure.  

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2001, S.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair

 

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DENNY COFFMAN, Chair