Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1732, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve public response to flood warnings by appropriating funds, to be matched by the federal government, for the purchase and installation of stream gauges and to operate and maintain a flood warning system for Lake Wilson.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources offered comments.

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. 1732, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.