Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1732 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation for a local flood warning system for Lake Wilson.

Testimony in opposition to this measure was received from the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).

The purpose of a flood warning system is to provide officials with advance information that can be translated into response actions to save lives. An adequate local flood warning system is comprised of community volunteers; rainfall, river, and other hydrologic gauges; a communications network; and a local flood coordinator responsible for issuing flood warnings. An adequate flood warning system would also increase public awareness of the threat of floods and improve public response to flood warnings.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1732 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.