STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2590

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 3364

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 3364 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COASTAL LANDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a five-year study on the coastal lands in the State that will be affected by impending sea level rise; and

 

     (2)  Appropriate funds for the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct the study.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and State Procurement Office.

 

     Your Committee finds that impending sea level rise presents many challenges to Hawaii and its coastal lands.  For the State to effectively respond to those challenges, it must first understand the extent to which sea level rise will affect Hawaii's coastal lands.  This measure requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on the effects of sea level rise on the State's coastal lands to promote informed policies.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by removing an exemption to the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3364, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3364, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture and Environment,

 

 

 

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair