Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 2753, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure a reliable source of water for agriculture and other purposes on Kauai by appropriating an unspecified amount of funds for the operation and maintenance of the East Kauai Irrigation System (System).

The Agribusiness Development Corporation, County of Kauai, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Kauai County Farm Bureau, East Kauai Water Users' Cooperative, Saiva Siddhanta Church, and C&H Farms supported this bill.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $100,000; and

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2753, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2753, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.