STAND. COM. REP. NO. 781-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1987

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1987, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STREAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Commission on Water Resource Management to contract with the United States Geological Survey to conduct a study and report annually on streamflows in the State over a five-year period.

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and Ulupono Initiative testified in support of this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments on this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1987, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair