STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1178-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2829

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2829, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide for the review and update of the Hawaii State Planning Act by the Office of Planning and to continue efforts to develop goals and policies to guide the development of the State.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Office of Planning, and Department of Agriculture provided testimony in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by requiring the Office of Planning to review and analyze the county planning process and the impact it has on county permitting and the number and type of projects breaking ground in the State.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2829, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2829, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair