STAND. COM. REP. NO.  367-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2822

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2822 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to reduce the risk of failure of dams and reservoirs to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of Hawaii by appropriating $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2012-2013 for staffing and operating expenses for the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Dam Safety Office.

 

     The Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.; the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; and the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted testimony in support of the intent of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2822 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair