STAND. COM. REP. NO. 939-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 3025
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3025 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Clarify that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) has sole jurisdiction over the Land Use Commission, Office of Planning, and the Hawaii State Planning Act, and because development, planning, and land use are inherently interdependent functions, these functions may not be transferred to any other department by executive order; and
(2) Require the Office of Planning to report to the director of DBEDT.
A concerned individual submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT), Office of Planning of DBEDT, and Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this measure.
Your Committee finds that the Office of Planning is being placed under the jurisdiction of DBEDT due to the commonality of their functions and purposes which are essential to the State's business, economic development, and tourism objectives.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3025 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair |
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