STAND. COM. REP. 1028

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1594

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1594 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to add a member with substantial experience in traditional Hawaiian water resources management techniques and in traditional riparian usage to the Commission on Water Resource Management.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Ka Lahui Hawaii, and Hawaii's Thousand Friends. The Department of Land and Natural Resources, County of Maui Department of Water Supply, and County of Kauai Department of Water opposed this measure.

Your Committee finds that this measure ensures that traditional and customary rights of ahupua'a tenants not be denied and that appurtenant water rights of kuleana and taro lands are not diminished or eliminated in consonance with section 174C-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1594 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair