STAND. COM. REP. NO.  460

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 315

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 315 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FUNDING FOR AGRICULTURAL WATER DISTRIBUTION FOR KULA IN UPCOUNTRY MAUI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide affordable water to farmers on Maui by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide state matching funds for costs incurred in the construction of a new agricultural water distribution system for Kula, in upcountry Maui.

     The Department of Water Supply for the County of Maui, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Aloun Farms, and Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation supported this bill.  The Department of Agriculture and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported the intent of this measure. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 315 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair