STAND. COM. REP. NO. 143

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1032

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1032 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HANA BOAT RAMP,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure continued access by sea to Hana by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to appropriate funds for the completion of improvements to the Hana boat ramp.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     During and following severe weather, the Hana community can become severed from the rest of the island of Maui due to road closures and the suspension of airline service.  It is during these times that sea access is critical for the residents of Hana to obtain any necessary emergency supplies and assistance.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources is currently in the design phase to renovate existing infrastructure and install a new loading dock.  Your Committee finds that authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to appropriate funds for the completion of the improvements to the Hana boat ramp fulfills the intent of this measure, which is to ensure continued access by sea to Hana.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the dollar amount and leaving it blank for determination by the Committee on Ways and Means.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1032, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1032, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair