STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1002-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1810

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1810 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to specify the number of members of the Environmental Advisory Council that constitutes a quorum and the number of votes required to make any action of the Council valid.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Environmental Advisory Council, and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1810, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1810, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair