STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3686

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1810

H.D. 1

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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1810, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Define what constitutes a quorum for the Environmental Advisory Council; and

(2) Specify the number of votes required to make any action of the Environmental Advisory Council valid.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.

Your Committee finds that there have been many instances where the Environmental Advisory Council has not had its full complement of fifteen members, due to term expirations. The minimum number of board members required for quorum is eight members. In some instances, meetings have had to be cancelled because of the inability to meet the quorum count. This measure will specify what constitutes a quorum, which will allow the Environmental Advisory Council to function more efficiently.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making it effective upon its approval.

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

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair