STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2065

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1558

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Ways and Means and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1558, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to incorporate sustainability coordination and planning into the duties and responsibilities of the Office of Planning.

 

Specifically, this measure:

 

(1)  Codifies the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan in the Hawaii Revised Statutes, with a provision requiring the Office of Planning to submit decennial updates of the plan to the Legislature;

 

(2)  Amends Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, as amended by Act 210, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, to delete the requirement that the Auditor, with the assistance of the Office of Planning, update and report to the Legislature the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan; and

 

(3)  Appropriates an unspecified amount of funds for the Office of Planning to update the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan.

 

     Your Committees received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Planning, Office of the Auditor, Hawaii Public Health Association, Ulupono Initiative, and Oahu County Democrats.

 

     Your Committees find that this measure aligns with the State's sustainability goals and policies and provides necessary funding for the completion of an update of the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan by the Office of Planning.

 

     Your Committees note, for the purpose of clarity, that it is necessary to set out, in section 3 of the measure, the entire historical language from section 4 of Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, as amended by Act 210, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, to conform to customary drafting conventions.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ways and Means and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1558, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ways and Means and Housing,

 

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STANLEY CHANG, Chair

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair