STAND. COM. REP. NO.  827

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 496

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 496 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAKE WILSON,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the use value, both agricultural and recreational, of Wahiawa reservoir, commonly known as Lake Wilson, by establishing a pilot project using marine phytoremediation that uses plants native to Hawaii to remove pollutants and improve the water quality to acceptable levels.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Partners in Development Foundation supported this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 496 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair