STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1247-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: S.B. No. 2667
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2667, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to affirm the State's commitment to conservation and sustainability by codifying Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation, of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and indicators, with references to existing state sustainability programs, if applicable, in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The Department of Agriculture, Office of Planning, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Oahu Economic Development Board, Airport Concessionaires Committee, Hawai‘i Green Growth, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, The Outdoor Circle, and several individuals supported this measure.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Removing the requirement that state agencies implement integrated water resources management at all levels in line with the goals of the Aloha+ Challenge;
(2) Requiring state agencies to protect watersheds, rather than only thirty percent of watersheds;
(3) Changing its effective date to January 28, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2667, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2667, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land,
____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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