STAND. COM. REP. NO.  776-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2040

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2040 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WATER SECURITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a two-year pilot program for a Water Security Advisory Group in the Department of Land and Natural Resources that would enable public-private partnerships to increase water security by providing matching state funds for relevant projects and programs.

 

     The City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Hawaii Green Growth, Surfrider Foundation Oahu Chapter, Surfrider Foundation Hawaii Chapters, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Fresh Water Initiative, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

 

     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. 2040 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair