STAND. COM. REP. NO.  273

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1571

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 1571 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the issuance of $2,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to the Waiahole Irrigation System (WIS).

 

     The Hawaii Agriculture Research Center; Halms Enterprise; Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation; Maui County Farm Bureau; Hawaii Crop Improvement Association; Monsanto Hawaii; Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; and two concerned individuals supported this bill.

 

     In light of testimony received by your Committees regarding the needs of other irrigation systems, your Committees have amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting provisions that authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of:

 

     (1)  $9,960,000 for fiscal year 2011-2012; and

 

     (2)  $9,900,000 for fiscal year 2012-2013,

 

to finance capital improvements for various irrigation systems throughout the State, including the WIS.  This bill, as amended, also specifies available federal matching funds for projects that qualify for such funds.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1571, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1571, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair