STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1028-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 3138
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 Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred S.B. No. 3138 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE 2050 SUSTAINABILITY PLAN,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide funding for the Auditor to prepare the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan.
The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this bill. Navatek, Ltd., Asia Pacific Flowers, Inc., Green Point Nurseries, and OmniTrak Group, Inc., testified in support of this bill with amendments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Providing an appropriation for the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force to:
(A) Conduct policy analyses;
(B) Gather research and data;
(C) Conduct community outreach and solicit input from all sectors;
(D) Launch a public education and media campaign; and
(E) Comprehensively assess the feasibility of establishing "Hawaii" as a brand name;
and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3138, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3138, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,
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____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair |
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