STAND. COM. REP. NO.  854

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 822

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

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. 822, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts to assist with its staffing and operating costs while providing time for the Districts to develop sustainable funding mechanisms.

 

     The Waiakea Soil and Water Conservation District, Mayor of The County of Maui, Oahu Resource Conservation & Development Council, HARC, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Ponoholo Ranch, Ltd, Island Princess Macadamia Nut Company, 4-H Dirt Devils, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified sum;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     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. 822, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 822, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair