Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1592 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a 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 to the year 2050.

This measure further makes two separate appropriations, to be expended by the Auditor, to assist the task force in its review and to assist the Auditor in creating the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes to this measure for style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1592, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1592, S.D. 1.