(a) The Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan shall serve as the State’s climate and sustainability action plan to determine future actions guiding the coordination and implementation of Hawaii’s sustainability and climate adaptation goals, principles, and policies, and to define and implement state goals, objectives, policies, and priority guidelines using sections 226-3 to 226-27 and 226-103 to 226-109, and chapter 225P, as guiding principles.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 226-65

  • Guidelines: means a stated course of action which is desirable and should be followed unless a determination is made that it is not the most desirable in a particular case; thus, a guideline may be deviated from without penalty or sanction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 226-2
  • Office: means the office of planning and sustainable development. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 226-2
  • Priority guidelines: means those guidelines which shall take precedence when addressing areas of statewide concern. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 226-2
  • Sustainability: means achieving the following:

    (1) Respect of the culture, character, beauty, and history of the State's island communities;

    (2) Striking a balance between economic, social, community, and environmental priorities; and

    (3) Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 226-2

(b) The office of planning and sustainable development shall update the sustainability plan to determine future actions guiding the coordination and implementation of Hawaii’s sustainability and climate adaptation goals, principles, and policies, and to define and implement state goals, objectives, policies, and priority guidelines using sections 226-3 to 226-27 and 226-103 to 226-109, and chapter 225P, as guiding principles.
(c) The office of planning and sustainable development shall submit the sustainability plan updated pursuant to subsection (b) to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2021 and every tenth regular session thereafter.

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