STAND. COM. REP. NO.  317

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 822

      H.D. 1

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. 822 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts to assist with its staffing and operating costs as a temporary measure while the districts develop sustainable funding mechanisms in response to recent funding complications.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc., Hawaii Farm Bureau and several individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.   

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, in order 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. 822, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 822, H.D. 1, 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