STAND. COM. REP. NO. 346

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1461

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 1461 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to conduct a pilot project for the Kaiaka Bay, Oahu watershed and action plan.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by Haleiwa Community Gardens Association, Resource Management Systems LLC, and twenty-five individuals.

Your Committee finds that Kaiaka Bay, Oahu is an area that has recently experienced a burgeoning of residential, commercial, and agricultural growth and development. These pressures make Kaiaka Bay a prime candidate for a watershed assessment in the areas of tropical plant and soil science, geographical information systems technology and tools, community education, and participatory outreach assistance.

Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing the dollar amount of the appropriation with a blank amount for the Committee on Ways and Means to determine at a later date.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1461, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1461, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair