STAND. COM. REP. NO.  96

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1185

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1185 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Act is to support agricultural infrastructure in east Kauai by appropriating funds for the operation and maintenance of the East Kauai Irrigation System.

     The East Kauai Water Users' Cooperative, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Kauai County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Syngenta Hawaii LLC, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of Agriculture and the Agribusiness Development Corporation supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     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. 1185, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1185, H.D. 1, 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