CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.74

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   S.B. No. 2741
                                  H.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 2741, H.D. 2, entitled:  

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to provide the Department of
Agriculture with an additional two years to complete the State
Agricultural Water Use and Development Plan mandated by Act 101,
Session Laws of Hawaii 1998 (Act 101).

     The measure also appropriates an unspecified amount of funds
to assist the Department of Agriculture in defraying the costs
associated with developing the State Agricultural Water Use and
Development Plan.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Agriculture,
under Act 101, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, was charged with the
responsibility to develop a State Agricultural Water Use and
Development Plan by the beginning of 2000.  However, your
Committee also finds that no additional funds were appropriated
to the Department of Agriculture to carry out this additional
responsibility.

 
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     Currently, the Department of Agriculture is utilizing its
existing resources and is working in collaboration with the
Commission on Water Resource Management to meet the mandates of
Act 101.

     Your Committee believes that providing the Department of
Agriculture with an additional two years to complete the State
Agricultural Water Use and Development Plan is reasonable
considering that no additional funds have been made available for
this purpose.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended the
measure by reverting the contents of the House Draft 2 to the
original provisions of the Senate Bill as introduced by deleting
the appropriation section, and using the purpose section in the
original bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2741, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 2741, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE           ON THE PART OF THE SENATE




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Rep. FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR.       Sen. COLLEEN HANABUSA
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair



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Rep. ROMY M. CACHOLA              Sen. LORRAINE R. INOUYE
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair



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Rep. WILLIE C. ESPERO             Sen. CAROL FUKUNAGA
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair

 
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