STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1241

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 995

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 995 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IRRIGATION WATER DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to recognize the increased responsibilities and size of the Agricultural Resource Management Division of the Department of Agriculture by changing the position title of the Engineering Program Manager to the Engineering Program Administrator.

The Department of Agriculture and Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 995, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 995, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair