STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2128

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2111

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2111 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR KAIAKA BAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation for a Kaiaka Bay flood project.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Resource Management Systems, and eight individuals. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that Kaiaka Bay watershed is an important watershed system that needs immediate attention, as it is prone to very dangerous flooding conditions. This measure appropriates matching funds for an Army Corps of Engineers flood project located at the Kaiaka Bay watershed on the north shore of Oahu.

Your Committee noted that S.B. No. 2046 also addresses watershed management in the Kaiaka Bay area and is an essential flood and pollution control component. As such, your Committee recommends that S.B. No. 2046 also be reviewed and addressed in the near future.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity.

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. 2111, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2111, 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