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 H.B. No. 1433 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the Commission on Water Resource Management for data collection, monitoring, and planning, in connection with the management of Hawaii's freshwater resources.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, and Earthjustice testified in support of this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this bill.

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 H.B. No. 1433 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.