STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2057-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.C.R. No. 146

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 146, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE ON GREEN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Director of Transportation to convene a task force on best practices and successful efforts to green transportation infrastructure and public infrastructure in jurisdictions outside of Hawaii.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Climate Protectors Hawai‘i and Trees for Honolulu's Future. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that climate change poses a serious threat to the State's economy, sustainability, and natural resources. Understanding the landscape of other jurisdictions' efforts to green transportation infrastructure and public infrastructure can assist the Department of Transportation and other state agencies with green infrastructure plans to combat climate change.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending its title to make technical, nonsubstantive amendments; and

(2) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 146, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 146, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair