STAND. COM. REP. NO.  133

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 443

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 443 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO UPDATE AGRICULTURAL SOIL CLASSIFICATIONS AND MAPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Office of Planning, in conjunction with the Land Use Commission, to update agricultural soil classifications and maps.

The Office of Planning and Land Use Commission submitted comments on this measure.

     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. 443 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 Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair