STAND. COM. REP. NO.  875

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 643

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 643 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IRRIGATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to the Waiahole Irrigation System.

 

     The Department of Agriculture, Agribusiness Development Corporation, Local Food Coalition, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Monsanto supported this measure.

 

     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. 643 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