STAND. COM. REP. NO. 902-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2196

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2196, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STREAM MAINTENANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a two-year Stream Maintenance Reimbursement Pilot Program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources to reimburse homeowners for the costs incurred by the homeowner for clearing debris in or around a stream within a certain distance of the homeowner's property and where there is potential imminent harm of a flood occurring to the homeowner's property due to the debris in or around the stream; and

(2) Appropriate funds for the reimbursements to qualified homeowners for debris clearing under the Stream Maintenance Reimbursement Pilot Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Budget and Finance.

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. 2196, 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