Bill Text: HI SB2911 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 2911 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Pacific-Asia Institute for Resilience and Sustainability

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-29 - Referred to TSI/EET, WAM. [SB2911 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2911-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2911
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the pacific-asia institute for resilience and sustainability.

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

SECTION 1. Act 229, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, is amended by amending section 3 to read as follows:

"SECTION 3. (a) Upon the establishment of the Pacific-Asia institute for resilience and sustainability, the [~~office of the lieutenant governor~~] department of business, economic development, and tourism shall act as the State's liaison, assisting the institute to:

(1) Form partnerships with various entities from the public, private, and non-military sectors, including but not limited to international governmental and nongovernmental organizations, businesses, universities, research institutes, and foundations; and

(2) Facilitate three core initiatives, as follows:

(A) Sustainability and the environment, including issues concerning energy, water, food security, and climate change adaptation;

(B) Global leadership and capacity building, including international leadership, disaster risk reduction, and public health systems; and

(C) Critical community continuity, including cyber security, information assurance, security technology business and policy, and all levels of security awareness.

(b) The institute may engage in the following activities to facilitate the achievement of the three core initiatives, using a multi-sector integration approach, as follows:

(1) Establishment of a named fellowship program for resilience and sustainability that provides a graduate-level course study for accomplished mid- and senior-level professionals from Hawaii and the Pacific-Asia region;

(2) Establishment of an interdisciplinary executive master's degree program to exemplify an approach that is inclusive of all of society to address the three core initiatives; and

(3) Formation of innovative hubs to provide a platform for applied research and analysis, consensus building, and problem solving on a wide variety of issues as may be identified from time to time by the institute. The hubs shall be established throughout the Pacific-Asia region. The hubs shall promote the integration of diverse expertise, research, and the development of innovative projects to solve verifiable problems of each country in the Pacific-Asia region.

(c) The institute may pursue funding from the public and private sectors, nongovernmental organizations, and research institutes. The institute shall be eligible for grants and subsidies under chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes."

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.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Pacific-Asia Institute for Resilience and Sustainability

Description:

Amends Act 229, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, to make the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism the State's liaison to the Pacific-Asia Institute for Resilience and Sustainability.

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