STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1002-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2915
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




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
S.B. No. 2915, S.D. 1, 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 allow for the deposit of
moneys generated by the disposition of mineral and water rights
into the Special Land and Development Fund (Fund).   This bill
also provides that the fund may be used for the protection,
planning, management, and regulation of water resources.

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

     Your Committee finds that the Commission on Water Resource
Management (Commission), which is largely funded through general
funds, has gone through budget cuts.  Approximately 6% of the
Commission's budget is from the Fund.  The addition of a new
source of revenue for the special fund that can be expended to
protect water resources will assist the Commission to fulfill its
water responsibilities to manage the State's water resources.

     Your committee has amended the bill by removing language
regarding the Admission Act of 1959, which is unnecessary since
other applicable statutes included in Chapter 10, Hawaii Revised

 
 
 
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Statutes, already determine revenue allocations to the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs.

     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 S.B.
No. 2915, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2915, S.D.
1, H.D. 1, 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