STAND. COM. REP. NO. 16

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 999

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. 999 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HANA WHARF AND SMALL BOAT HARBOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate funds for the repair and modification of the Hana Wharf and Small Boat Harbor in Hana, Maui.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by Hotel Hana-Maui and one individual. Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that the wharf and small boat harbor are important to the Hana community because they provide an alternate means of access to the remote area. However, your Committee further finds that the Hana Wharf and Small Boat Harbor are both in serious need of repairs and modifications due to damage incurred during recent storms and high surf. This measure will authorize the funds to make the necessary repairs and modifications.

Your Committee has deleted the dollar amount of the bond authorization and left it blank for determination by the Committee on Ways and Means.

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. 999, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 999, 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