STAND. COM. REP. NO.  698

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1086

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1086 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the efficiency of environmental protection in Hawaii by:

(1)  Directing the Legislative Reference Bureau to update its 1985 study "The Feasibility of Environmental Reorganization for Hawaii" and to submit the updated study to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the Regular Session of 2016; and

(2)  Appropriating funds for this purpose.  

The Office of Environmental Quality Control provided testimony in support of the measure.  The State Procurement Office and Legislative Reference Bureau provided comments.    

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1086 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair