STAND. COM. REP. NO.  254

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 905

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 905 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve state planning and policies by:

     (1)  Completing a comprehensive review, including the solicitation of proposals and recommendations, regarding the Hawaii State Planning Act in the context of existing county, departmental, and agency programs, regulations, practices, projects, and issues faced; and

     (2)  Appropriating funds for the completion of such a review.

The Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism and the Office of Planning testified in support of this measure.

     Should the Committee on Finance deliberate on this measure further, your Committee respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $250,000 for fiscal year 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017, to conduct the Hawaii State Planning Act review proposed by this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 905, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 905, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair