STAND. COM. REP. NO. 808

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1188
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 1188 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE WATER CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to correct erroneous or outdated
references in the State Water Code.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Land Use
Research Foundation of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that this bill proposes amendments to
various sections of Chapter 174C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which
will accurately reflect that the Commission on Water Resource
Management has exclusive jurisdiction over the State Water Code.
Your Committee further finds that this bill amends other
inconsistencies in Chapter 174C, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 1188 and recommends that it pass Third
Reading.


 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair