STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1205

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 329

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 329 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the Kauai flooding disaster relief appropriation made in Act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018 by:

(1) Including flood mitigation measures as one of the purposes of the appropriation;

(2) Extending the lapse date of the appropriation to June 30, 2020; and

(3) Exempting the appropriation from the requirement for legislative approval of transfers or changes between programs or agencies.

The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Transportation, Mayor of the County of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and Hanalei Watershed Hui submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Emergency Management of the City and County of Honolulu provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

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. 329, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 329, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair