STAND. COM. REP. NO. 621-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2575
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2575 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF WATER RIGHTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize:

     (1)  The disposition of water rights by direct negotiation,
          in addition to public auction; and

     (2)  The Board of Land and Natural Resources to extend
          month-to-month water permits for additional one-year
          periods.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in
support of this bill.

     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.
2575 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair