Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 1592, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Hawaii 2050 Task Force to assist the Auditor in the creation of a state sustainability plan that would define and implement state goals, objectives, policies, and priorities through the year 2050.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., testified in support of this measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Office of Planning, and Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this bill. Several concerned citizens provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns 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. 1592, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1592, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Housing.