Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 2805 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, to allow the Hawaii Sustainability Task Force (task force) more time to create its sustainability plan.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

Your Committees find that Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, authorized the creation of the 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.

In December 2005, the task force submitted its first report to the Legislature, which indicated that, among other things, the process of creating the 2050 Sustainability Plan should include research and data gathering, community input and outreach, and activities to educate the public. However, these efforts take a significant amount of planning and coordination. Thus, this measure amends Act 8 by:

(2) Extending the task force's authority to June 30, 2008.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Transportation and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2805, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.