STAND. COM. REP. NO.  952-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2294

      S.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2294, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IRRIGATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide a reliable irrigation system to ensure that Hawaii's crops receive a steady and dependable supply of water by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds in an unspecified amount for capital improvements to irrigation systems and associated agricultural management facilities in the State.

The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County Farm Bureau, Local Food Coalition, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, and Sugarland Growers, Inc. supported this measure.  The Department of Agriculture commented on this measure.  

     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 S.B. No. 2294, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water & Land.

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

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JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair