STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1161-20
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2020
RE: S.B. No. 2077
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2020
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2077, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to
establish and appropriate funds for the Hawaii Tree Planting Program to plant
at least one million appropriate, non-invasive trees in the State per year.
Your Committee finds
that planting trees is an important way to address climate change and that
trees benefit the environment, ecosystem, and human health by sequestering
carbon, purifying the air, cooling streets, shading structures, and slowing
evaporation of nearby low vegetation.
Your
Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the composition of the Hawaii Tree Planting
Program partnership to more generally include the Department of Land and
Natural Resources and Office of Planning, rather than specifically named
programs or divisions;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050,
to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments
for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2077, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2077, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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