STAND. COM. REP. NO.  14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 414

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 414 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAIPIO VALLEY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide for the stewardship and maintenance of Waipio Valley on Hawaii Island by:

 

     (1)  Establishing the Waipio Valley Advisory Commission, to be chaired by the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, to advise the Department of Land and Natural Resources on the development of a long term plan for ensuring the proper stewardship and maintenance of Waipio Valley; and

 

     (2)  Directing the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a flood study for Waipio Valley and submit a report of the study, including recommendations and proposed legislation, to the 2014 Legislature.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion on this matter; and

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment to correct a spelling error.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 414, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 414, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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CINDY EVANS, Chair