Bill Text: HI HB1810 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Environmental Advisory Council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-27 - Act 186, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). [HB1810 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB1810-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 341-5.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§341-5.5[]] Environmental
advisory council; established[.]; quorum; number of votes necessary to
validate acts. (a) There is created an environmental advisory council
not to exceed fifteen members. Members of
the environmental advisory council shall be appointed by the governor as
provided in section 26-34. The environmental
advisory council shall be established within the office of planning and sustainable
development for administrative purposes.
The term of each member shall be four years. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of
any unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments. The environmental advisory council chairperson
shall be elected by the council from among the appointed members of the council.
(b) A majority of all of the members currently appointed
to the environmental advisory council shall constitute a quorum to do business,
and the concurrence of a majority of all of the members currently appointed to the
environmental advisory council shall be necessary to make any action of the council
valid.
[(b)] (c) Members shall be appointed to ensure a broad
and balanced representation of educational, business, and environmentally pertinent
disciplines and professions, such as the natural and social sciences, the
humanities, architecture, engineering, environmental consulting, public health,
and planning; educational and research institutions with environmental
competence; agriculture, real estate, visitor industry, construction, and media;
and voluntary community and environmental groups. The members of the environmental advisory council
shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary
expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the discharge of their duties."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Environmental Advisory Council; Quorum; Voting
Description:
Defines what constitutes a quorum for the environmental advisory council. Specifies the number of votes required to make any action of the council valid. (SD1)
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