STAND. COM. REP. NO.  937-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2274

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2274, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE LIVING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize certain counties to issue Sustainable Living Research Permits that exempt sustainable living research sites that promote sustainable living through renewable fuel and energy generation, provision of water, sewage treatment, organic food production, and shared living situations from otherwise applicable county development and occupancy requirements. 

 

This measure also appropriates funds to the Department of Health to study the health impact of drinking water systems that fall below the threshold of public water systems.

 

     Hawaii Sustainable Communities Alliance, Permaculture Foundation of Hawaii, Na Kanaka Maoli ‘O Hawai‘i, Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative, Go Green Culture Foundation, Village Green Society, The Aurora Foundation, Kona Chapter Hawaii Farmers Union United, Hawaii Farmers Union United, Puna Pono Alliance, and many individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.  Several individuals submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Agriculture, Office of Planning, Belly Acres, and a few individuals submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by amending its purpose section to specify that Sustainable Living Research Permits are applicable to sites greater than one and less than fifteen acres in size within agricultural and rural districts in certain counties.

 

     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. 2274, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2274, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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CINDY EVANS, Chair