STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1235-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 3129

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 3129, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DETERMINE AND IMPLEMENT THE BEST MITIGATION MEASURE TO CONTROL FLOODING OF LAKE WILSON,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prevent the flooding of Lake Wilson by appropriating funds to:

(1) Conduct a study to determine the best mitigation measure to control peak flows entering Lake Wilson from storms; and

(2) Plan, design, and construct the improvements to implement the mitigation measure.

Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc., testified in support of this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to promote further discussion; and

(2) 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 S.B. No. 3129, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3129, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair