STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1786-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 3153

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3153, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DAM AND APPURTENANCE IMPROVEMENT OR REMOVAL GRANT PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program Special Fund to receive and expend funds for the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program; and

(2) Appropriate funds into and out of the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program Special Fund for purposes of the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Agribusiness Development Corporation; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; Hawaii Crop Improvement Association; and Maui County Farm Bureau. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

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. 3153, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair