STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1599-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2145
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
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 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 take a step toward ensuring environmental protection for all communities by appropriating 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) to contract with the University of Hawaii (UH) Environmental Center to conduct a comprehensive review of the State's existing environmental impact statement process.
The Environmental Council, OEQC, Conservation Council for Hawai'i, Life of the Land, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. UH Environmental Center provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
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 S.B. No. 2145, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2145, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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