Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 432, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to conduct a study to prevent erosion of the banks of Kawa, Heeia, Keaahala/Keolaa, and Kaneohe Streams.

Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted by Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds, given that recent heavy rains may have destabilized stream banks in the windward areas of Oahu, that prudence and public safety justify the conduct of an erosion control study by the DLNR at this time. Your Committee heard the concerns of the DLNR that maintenance of the streams identified for the study is the responsibility of the City and County of Honolulu or other private landowners.

Accordingly, your Committee amended the measure by requiring that the DLNR work with the City and County of Honolulu, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure that the appropriate parties are involved in the study and that matters pertaining to the hazards posed by natural disasters are also addressed.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 432, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 432, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.