STAND. COM. REP. NO. 664-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 432
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. 432 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STREAM EROSION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect public health and safety by:
(1) Appropriating funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to conduct an erosion control study of the banks of Kawa stream on Oahu; and
(2) Requiring DLNR to identify applicable federal and state funding sources to undertake and complete repairs and renovation of the banks of Kawa stream to prevent further erosion.
Two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. DLNR opposed this measure.
Your Committee finds that erosion is a major problem along the banks of Kawa stream in Kaneohe, Oahu. However, your Committee also finds that bank erosion is a problem for a number of other streams, a problem exacerbated by the recent rainstorms.
Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Including Heeia, Keaahala/Keolaa, and Kaneohe streams in the erosion control study;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2004; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
Your Committee requests that DLNR also consider including Waikane stream in their erosion control study and take any necessary steps to mitigate erosion along its banks.
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. 432, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 432, 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 |
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