Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2806 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force (Task Force) to continue its efforts in analyzing policy, gathering research, soliciting community input, and launching a public-education campaign.

The Office of the Auditor, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's Office of Planning, Asia Pacific Flowers, Inc., Navatek Ltd., OmniTrak Group Inc., Hawaii Biotech, Inc., and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2806, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2806, H.D. 1.