STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1180

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1098
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
S.B. No. 1098 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     The purpose of this bill is to correct erroneous or outdated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.  

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill
from the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Land Use
Research Foundation.  

     Your Committee finds that the bill makes corrections that
will conform the law to the mandate giving the Water Resource
Management Commission exclusive jurisdiction over the State Water
Code, and amending other inconsistencies.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 1098 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water and Land
                                   Use,



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                                   Romy M. Cachola, Chair