STAND. COM. REP. NO.  281

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1080

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1080 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO URBAN WATER CONSERVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the efficiency of landscape irrigation installations at state facilities through low cost, practical measures by establishing and funding a four-year Irrigation Water Conservation Best Management Practices Pilot Program (Program) that requires the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) to implement irrigation water conservation best management practices as established by the Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii at a minimum of four projects in the Capitol District and report Program results to the Legislature.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources 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 H.B. No. 1080 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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