STAND. COM. REP. NO.  864-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2883

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2883, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MAKAHA VALLEY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to work to reduce recurring flooding that affects residents and businesses of Makaha Valley by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a flood study for Makaha Valley on the island of Oahu and appropriating funds for that study.

 

     The Councilmember representing District 1 of the Honolulu City Council and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.


     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2883, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2883, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair