Report Title:

Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for the development of the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1594

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to sustainability.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  During the 2005 special session, the legislature adopted Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, which created the Hawaii 2050 sustainability task force to review the Hawaii state plan and the State's planning process, and required the office of the auditor to prepare and submit to the legislature the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan.  In 2006, the legislature adopted Act 210, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, which extended the life of the task force after the members recommended in their report before the 2006 regular session that more time was required to perform necessary research and community outreach to create the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan.

     The task force continued to hold several meetings throughout the 2006 legislative interim and launched a successful sustainability kick-off event in August, 2006, that was attended by several sectors of the community statewide.  The Hawaii 2050 sustainability kick-off event launched community engagement and public education activities throughout the State during the fall of 2006.

     The purpose of this Act is to appropriate moneys to provide additional funding for the Hawaii 2050 sustainability task force to develop the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009, to provide additional funding for the Hawaii 2050 sustainability task force to develop a Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan to be submitted to the legislature before the convening of the 2008 regular session.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the office of the auditor for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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