STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3076

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2518

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, and Technology and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2518, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE PLANNING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to review and update the Hawaii State Planning Act and continue efforts to develop goals and policies to guide the development of the State.  Specifically, this measure requires and provides funding for the Office of Planning to, among other things, review the Hawaii State Planning Act and report to the Legislature its recommendations for updating the Hawaii State Plan to appropriately address state needs.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense and Office of Planning.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii.

     Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committees posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which, in addition to requiring the Office of Planning to review the Hawaii State Planning Act, requires the Board of Directors of the High Technology Development Corporation to create a first responders technology campus and cyber security command center to centralize first responders and cyber security facilities to enable the sharing of resources and support services.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of the proposed S.D. 1 from the Department of Defense, Office of Planning, Office of Information Management and Technology, Department of Accounting and General Services, State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Hawaii County Fire Department, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services, and Castle & Cooke Hawaii.  Your Committees received comments on the proposed S.D. 1 from the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Budget and Finance, and High Technology Development Corporation.

     Your Committees find that in 1978, efforts were made to improve the planning process in the State to increase the effectiveness of government and private actions, improve coordination among different agencies and levels of government, provide for wise use of Hawaii's resources, and guide the future development of the State.  These efforts resulted in the enactment of the Hawaii State Planning Act, which sets forth the Hawaii State Plan.  The Hawaii State Plan articulates goals and policies to guide the development of the State and establishes an integrated planning and implementation system to deliver on those policies.

     Your Committees further find that according to the Office of Planning, the last review of the Hawaii State Planning Act was initiated in 1983 and completed in 1985, and resulted in the enactment of several pieces of legislation that amended the Hawaii State Planning Act.  Since then, there have been significant changes in Hawaii's economic, physical, and social conditions; technology; and the global marketplace, as well as in the constraints and opportunities the State faces as it plans for the future.  Thus, your Committees find that a comprehensive review of the Hawaii State Planning Act is warranted.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by retaining the H.D. 1 version of this measure but inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, and Technology and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2518, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2518, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, and Technology and the Arts,

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair	____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair
	____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair