SB80.DOC

SECTION 1. Act 20, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, is amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:

"SECTION 2. Climate change task force; objectives; membership. (a) The climate change task force is established within the office of planning, for administrative purposes only. The task force shall have the following objectives:

(1) Scoping the current and potential impacts of global warming and climate change on the people, natural resources, and the economy of the State, including impacts on:

(A) The visitor industry;

(B) Intrastate and interstate air and sea transportation of cargo and persons;

(D) The health of the people of the State; and

(E) Native plants, animals, and ecosystems;

(2) Scoping the potential impacts of rising ocean levels as a result of climate change on the people, natural resources, and the economy of the State, including impacts on:

(A) The visitor industry;

(B) Shoreline erosion;

(D) Existing buildings and the public utilities infrastructure;

(E) The health of the people of the State; and

(F) Native plants, animals, and ecosystems;

(3) Estimate the costs to the State of the adverse effects associated with climate change and rising sea levels; and

(4) Make recommendations to the legislature and the governor on measures that would address or mitigate the near- and long-term effects of climate change. Such measures may include:

(A) Protecting against shoreline erosion;

(B) Maintaining the visitor industry;

(D) Implementing restrictions on construction in areas at risk for sea level rise and inundation;

(E) Improving or hardening the public utilities infrastructure, including communication lines, power generation systems, water supply systems, and wastewater treatment and disposal systems;

(F) Preparing for health emergencies and impacts to established emergency management systems; and

(G) Preserving the health, biodiversity, and resilience of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems.

(b) The climate change task force shall comprise the following:

(1) The director of the office of planning or the director's designee, who shall act as chairperson;

(2) The deputy director of the department of health's environmental health administration or the deputy director's designee;

(3) The director of transportation or the director's designee;

(4) The chairperson of the board of land and natural resources, or the chairperson's designee;

(5) The vice-director of civil defense of the department of defense or the vice-director's designee;

(6) One member appointed by each of the mayors of Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, and Maui counties;

(7) Three members appointed by the president of the senate, of whom one shall be from an environmental organization;

(8) Three members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, of whom one shall be from an environmental organization;

(9) The director of the Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa; and

(10) One member from the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research to be appointed by its administrative board.

Members of the task force shall be exempt from section 26‑34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessary for the performance of their duties, including travel expenses.

(1) Submit a preliminary report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of [~~2010;~~] 2012; and

(2) Submit a final report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of [~~2011.~~] 2013.

(d) The office of planning shall provide administrative and clerical support required by the task force.

(e) The task force shall cease to exist on June 30, [~~2011.~~] 2013."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the tourism special fund the sum of $50,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011-2012 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012-2013 for the purposes of this Act.

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

SECTION 3. 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 2011-2012 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012-2013 for the purposes of this Act.

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

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	80
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII