STAND. COM. REP. NO. 938

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1188
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred H.B. No. 1188 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE WATER CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to correct erroneous or
outdated references in the State Water Code.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that the corrections contained in the
measure will strengthen the State Water Code by clarifying that
the Water Resource Management Commission maintains exclusive
jurisdiction over the State Water Code, and by correcting other
inconsistencies.

     Your Committee has made technical amendments to the bill to
reflect existing statutory language and for the purpose of style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 1188, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 1188, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third
Reading.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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