STAND. COM. REP. NO.  687-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2526

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2526 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE PLAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote coordinated statewide planning by:

     (1)  Incorporating smart growth principles in the State Plan; and

     (2)  Recommending that county general plans, as they pertain to land development, comply with smart growth principles.

     The Windward Ahupua'a Alliance and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Association of REALTORS and Castle & Cooke Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO opposed this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2526 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

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KEN ITO, Chair