STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1000

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 844

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 844 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY IN WAHIAWA, OAHU,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the acquisition, maintenance, and planning for future recreational uses of Lake Wilson, located in Wahiawa on the island of Oahu, to preserve its utility as an agricultural irrigation asset and outdoor park and water recreation site and ensure the proper maintenance of the Wahiawa Dam. 

 

     The Dole Food Company Hawaii testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Agribusiness Development Corporation, and Bank of Hawaii as Trustee of the trust established by the Estate of George Galbraith (deceased) provided comments.

    

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to

          encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style,

          clarity, and consistency.

 

     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 H.B. No. 844, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 844, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair