STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1134

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 993

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 993, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and appropriate funds for the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in consultation with each state agency having operational responsibilities over state facilities, to develop a standardized process to conduct vulnerability assessments for facilities owned and managed by the State at risk from sea level rise.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Hawai‘i Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission; University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program; Climate Resilience Collaborative; and Imua Alliance.

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. 993, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair