STAND. COM. REP. NO.684
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 506
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 506 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE IRRIGATION PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide emergency funding to cover the decline in revenues from the State's irrigation systems.
Your Committee received a letter from the Governor dated February 9, 2001:
(1) Stating that in order to cover the decline in revenues from the State's irrigation system, the sum of $200,000 for fiscal year 2000-2001 must be deposited into the irrigation system revolving fund for the operation and maintenance of the State's irrigation systems; and
(2) Requesting immediate consideration and passage of this measure.
The Department of Agriculture testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee amended this bill by:
(1) Removing the section regarding the general fund ceiling; and
(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive change for style and clarity.
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. 506, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 506, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |