STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2681
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2662
S.D. 2
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2662, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to codify the State's commitment to conservation and sustainability by codifying in the Hawaii Revised Statutes the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to eliminate poverty.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture; Department of Human Services; Oahu Economic Development Board; and the OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawai'i.
Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Office of Planning.
Your Committee finds that in order for Hawaii to continue to serve as an example for the rest of the world in setting policies on sustainability and to serve as a global leader on issues of conservation and sustainability, it is essential that the State demonstrate its full commitment to its own policies and goals as well as the goals set on the international stage at United Nations conferences and summits on sustainability, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to end poverty.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2662, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2662, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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