STAND. COM. REP. 3235

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2722

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2722, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ALA WAI WATERSHED IMPROVEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reduce sediment flow into the Ala Wai canal by funding the construction of retention basins and providing vegetative cover along stream banks in the Ala Wai watershed.

Specifically, this measure authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund projects relating to the Ala Wai watershed on Oahu.

Your Committee finds that the Ala Wai canal collects and drains runoff from Manoa, Palolo, Makiki, and other surrounding areas of Honolulu and serves as a catchment basin for sediment and pollutants that flow into the canal. As these pollutants pose many problems, your Committee believes that it is in the best interest of the people of the State to improve the Ala Wai watershed to reduce pollution and erosion in the watershed and thereby protect the health and safety of the public.

Your Committee amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the lapse date from June 30, 2007, to June 30, 2006, as funds may be appropriated for a biennial appropriation period with a lapse date of not more than one year beyond the close of the biennial period; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2722, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2722, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair