STAND. COM. REP. NO.  868-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2260

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2260 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for staffing and operating costs of the Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts.

 

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, East Kauai Soil and Water Conservation District, Puna Soil and Water Conservation District, West Maui Soil and Water Conservation District, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Removing the appropriation amount to encourage further discussion;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020; and

 

     (3)  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. 2260, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2260, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair