STAND. COM. REP. NO. 173-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2574
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
H.B. No. 2574 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SPECIAL LAND AND
     DEVELOPMENT FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to deposit moneys generated by
the disposition of mineral and water rights into the Special Land
and Development Fund; and to authorize the use of the Special
Land and Development Fund for activities undertaken by the
Commission on Water Resource Management (Commission) pursuant to
chapter 174C, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).

     Testimony was received in support of the bill from the
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).

     Testimony in opposition to the bill was received from the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

     Your Committee finds that this bill would provide for
additional moneys for the proper and important mandates DLNR for
sound natural resource management. The issuance of water licenses
requires the technical expertise and support of the staff of the
Commission.  This bill would authorize the moneys collected to be
disbursed, in part, to the Commission for administration of its
water resource management program.


 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 2574 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 and Land
                                   Use,



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                                   ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair