STAND. COM. REP. NO. 353-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2949

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2949 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to issue general obligation bonds to install an agricultural dual line water system in upcountry Kula, Maui, which will supply untreated water to over 470 acres of cropland that currently receive inadequate, treated water shared with domestic water users.

The Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Mayor of the County of Maui, Kula Community Association, Waiakoa Estates Property Owners Association, Maui Cattlemen's Association, Department of Water Supply of the County of Maui, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, a member of the Maui County Council, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands testified in support of the intent of this measure. The Board of Agriculture commented on this measure.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified amount to promote further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2949, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2949, 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 Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair

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FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair