STAND. COM. REP. NO. 667-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2722

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2722 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ALA WAI WATERSHED IMPROVEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate funds for:

(1) The design and construction of retention basins for Manoa and Palolo streams; and

(2) The construction of vegetative cover to reduce erosion within the Ala Wai Watershed.

The Waikiki Improvement Association testified in support of this measure. The Board of Land and Natural Resources and Ala Wai Watershed Association provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Removing the appropriation amounts;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

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. 2722, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2722, 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