STAND. COM. REP. NO. 376

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1034

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 1034 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGRICULTURAL WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, UPCOUNTRY KULA, MAUI WATERSHED,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve agricultural infrastructure at Kula, Maui, by authorizing the issuance of $6,000,000 in general obligation bonds to be appropriated as follows:

(1) $450,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006 for design and land acquisition for the third phase of the Upcountry Kula, Maui, Watershed Project, for a pipeline from Omaopio Tank to Keokea;

(2) $2,550,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006 for construction of the third phase; and

(3) $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 for construction and completion of the third phase.

Three members of the Maui County Council, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County Farm Bureau, and the Kula Community Association supported this bill. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committees recognize the importance of a stable, reliable, and inexpensive source of water for agricultural operations. The revenue from the GO bonds issued in this bill will assist homestead farmers in Keokea by providing them with their own dedicated water system.

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. 1034 and recommend that it pass Second Reading 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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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair

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FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair