Report Title:

Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan; UH Manoa Public Policy Center Review

Description:

Requires the University of Hawaii at Manoa public policy center within the college of social sciences to review the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan and report to the legislature.  (CD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2833
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan is a good first step in creating a guide for government agencies, policy-makers, businesses, and community leaders.  The legislature finds that the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan needs a more definitive framework for policy-makers.  The Hawaii state plan, chapter 226, Hawaii Revised Statutes, was enacted in 1978 and was developed with much more information and data to serve as a guide for policy-makers.

     The purpose of this Act is to further develop the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan to serve as a guide to policy-makers by requiring the University of Hawaii at Manoa college of social sciences public policy center to review the plan and to report to the legislature on its findings.

     SECTION 2.  The University of Hawaii at Manoa college of social sciences public policy center shall review the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan.  The review shall include developing defined data, data sources, and benchmarks for each of the major goals.  The public policy center shall consult with leaders and organizations relevant to each of the main goals of the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan in its review.  The public policy center shall submit a report to the legislature on its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2010.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.