Report Title:

Agriculture; Irrigation Systems; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds for the repair and maintenance of irrigation systems.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	243
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to irrigation systems.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  A reliable irrigation system is the lifeblood of Hawaii's agricultural industry.  To ensure that Hawaii's crops receive a steady and dependable supply of water, sufficient funding is needed to maintain and improve Hawaii's irrigation systems.

     The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for capital improvement projects for irrigation systems throughout the State.

     SECTION 2.  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $          , or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be deposited into the irrigation repair and maintenance special fund for the repair and maintenance of irrigation systems and agricultural resource management by adding positions and salaries as follows:

     (1)  $           for the West Kauai irrigation system;

     (2)  $           for the East Kauai irrigation system;

     (2)  $           for the Waimanalo irrigation system;

     (4)  $           for the Molokai irrigation system;

     (5)  $           for the Upcountry Maui irrigation system;

     (6)  $           for the Lower Hamakua Ditch irrigation system;

     (7)  $           for the Waimea irrigation system; and

     (8)  $           for the Ag Water Use Development Plan.

     SECTION 3.  There is appropriated, for projects under section 2 of this Act, out of the irrigation repair and maintenance special fund under section 167-24, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $          , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009-2010.  The projects are deemed necessary to qualify for federal aid financing or reimbursement.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture for purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 4.  The appropriation made for the capital improvement projects authorized in this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriations are made; provided that all moneys from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2012, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.

INTRODUCED BY:

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