STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1170-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2145
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2145, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for:
(1) The Environmental Council to facilitate and coordinate the State's environmental justice activities; and
(2) The Office of Environmental Quality Control (OEQC), which falls under the Department of Health, to contract with the University of Hawaii Environmental Center to conduct a comprehensive review of the State's existing environmental impact statement process.
OEQC and Life of the Land testified in support of this bill.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2145, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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