STAND. COM. REP. NO.  510-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2832

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2832 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DROUGHT MITIGATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support drought mitigation throughout the State by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating funds to the counties for drought mitigation purposes; and

 

     (2)  Requiring the counties to report to the Legislature on the status of drought mitigation projects no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2014 regular session.

 

     The Department of Water, County of Kauai; Department of Water Supply, County of Maui; two council members of the County Council, County of Maui; Board of Water Supply, City and County of Honolulu; Central Maui Soil and Conservation District; Hawaii Cattlemen's Association; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council Incorporated; and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Agriculture testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that the total appropriation amount be $4,000,000 with $1,000,000 allocated to each county; and

 

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

 

     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. 2832, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2832, 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