STAND. COM. REP. NO.  839

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 505

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 505, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FLOOD MITIGATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect life and property by appropriating funds for flood mitigation efforts:

 

     (1)  On Farrington Highway between Maili and Nanakuli on the        island of Oahu; and

 

     (2)  In the Lualualei Valley area on the island of Oahu.

 

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Transportation and the Department of Defense submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to                    encourage continued 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. 505, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 505, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair