Appropriates money for the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force to continue their efforts.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. During the 2005 Special Session, the legislature adopted Act 8, which created the Hawaii 2050 sustainability task force (task force) to review the Hawaii state plan and the State's planning process, and required the office of the auditor to prepare the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan.

Once all of the members of the task force were appointed, the task force held several meeting during the fall of 2005. The objectives of these meetings were to address and meet the requirements of Act 8 and to develop and approve a process to create the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan. Based on these objectives, the task force submitted a report to the legislature outlining the process for creating the plan and making additional recommendations.

In its recommendations, the task force noted that after reviewing the magnitude of the task of creating the sustainability plan, it needed more time to perform necessary research and community outreach. The purpose of this Act is to appropriate moneys to fund the task force, including funds for the current fiscal year.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005-2006, and $          , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, to provide additional funding for the Hawaii 2050 sustainability task force to:

SECTION 3. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of the auditor for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.