STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1829

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 179

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 179, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IRRIGATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to transfer operational authority over portions of the east Kauai irrigation system operated and maintained by the East Kauai Water Users' Cooperative before December 15, 2020, to the Department of Agriculture.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Office of the Mayor of the County of Kaua‘i; Hawai‘i Farm Bureau; Ulupono Initiative; Larry Jefts Farms, LLC; East Kauai Water Users' Cooperative; Kalepa Koalition; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture and Department of the Attorney General.

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 S.B. No. 179, S.D. 2, 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