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.R. No. 116, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support the United States Navy's request for a long-term lease of State lands as well as the preservation of a permanent agricultural buffer around the pacific Missile Range Facility.

The United States Navy, the Navy League of the United States, the Agribusiness Development Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and several individuals provided testimony in support. The Department of Land and Natural Resources commented on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying that the pumping and drainage system is estimated to cost at least $500,000, and by making technical, non-substantive amendments for the purposes of 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 116, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 116, H.D. 2.