STAND. COM. REP. NO.  678

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1332

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1332, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IRRIGATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure that agricultural crops on the island of Kauai receive a steady and dependable supply of water and are better protected from the effects of drought by appropriating funds to maintain and improve the Peekauai Ditch Irrigation System and its appurtenances.

 

     The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Kauai Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Kauai County Farm Bureau, East Kauai Water User's Cooperative, Syngenta Hawaii, and a concerned individual supported this measure.  The Department of Agriculture and Hawaii Farm Bureau provided comments on this measure.

 

     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. 1332, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair