STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3334

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2788

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2788 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide continued aid for disaster relief in response to the April 2018 flooding in the County of Kauai and in other areas of the State.

Specifically, this measure extends the lapse date of the appropriation made for this relief pursuant to Act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, and Waioli Valley Taro Hui.

Your Committee finds that this measure helps to ensure continued and necessary aid for disaster relief from the damages, losses, and suffering experienced as a result of the April 2018 flooding in the County of Kauai and other areas of the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriations made in sections 5 and 6 of Act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, as amended by Act 35, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to unspecified amounts;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2788, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2788, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair