Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 1280 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to identify, design, and implement effective, integrated flood-control solutions consistent with comprehensive watershed management strategies to prevent property damage, loss of life, or environmental damage that results from severe flooding by:

The CCRT and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that this bill will address the risks posed by flooding by partnering with the CCRT to establish a comprehensive watershed management plan that provides for a more controlled storm water runoff at levels that can be safely carried downstream by more effective drainage systems.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriated funds to unspecified sums; and

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1280, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1280, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.