STAND. COM. REP. NO.  342

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 505

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Economic Development & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 505 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GREENWAYS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to implement the Office of Planning's recommendations and appropriate funds for the development of a statewide system of greenways and trails.

The Outdoor Circle, Windward Ahapua‘a Alliance, and a few concerned individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Office of Planning provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2857, for the purpose of encouraging further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Economic Development & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 505, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 505, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Economic Development & Business,

____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair

____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair