STAND. COM. REP. NO.  433-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1843

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1843 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FRESHWATER RESERVOIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collaborate with the Department of Agriculture, as may be necessary, to identify, purchase, rehabilitate, and report on freshwater reservoirs in central Maui suitable for fishing, agriculture, and aquaponics.

The Maui County Farm Bureau and an individual testified in support of this measure.  An individual testified in opposition.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     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 H.B. No. 1843, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1843, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair