STAND. COM. REP. NO. 939

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 898
                                        H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred H.B. No. 898, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN
     AGRICULTURAL WATER SYSTEM FOR UPCOUNTRY MAUI,"

begs leave to report as follows:
     
     The purpose of this measure is to establish a separate
agricultural water supply and delivery system for the farms in
the upcountry region of Maui.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Agriculture.

     Your Committee finds that the upcountry region of Maui is
well suited for growing Maui onions, protea, and persimmons if
adequate water is available.  To make optimum use of this region,
and to encourage further development of diversified agriculture,
an agricultural water system is necessary to alleviate the
effects of periodic drought.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 898, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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