STAND. COM. REP. NO.  153

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 719

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. 719 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LAHAINA FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to adopt flood mitigation measures to reduce the constant drain on city, state, and federal resources whenever a flood occurs in Lahaina, Maui, by:

(1)  Authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriating funds for Phases 3B, 4, and 5 of the Lahaina Flood Control Project in the West Maui Soil and Water Conservation District; and

(2)  Requiring matching funding from the County of Maui for the Project.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources 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. 719 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