STAND. COM. REP. NO. 558

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 185

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 185 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this measure is to make a housekeeping amendment to section 341-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to delete a reference to a repealed section.

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

Your Committee finds that when Act 152, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, administratively transferred the Environmental Advisory Council from the Department of Health to the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, certain statutes were repealed. This measure provides a housekeeping amendment to section 341-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to delete a reference to a repealed section of the law.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 185 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair