STAND. COM. REP. NO.  150

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 505

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 505 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FLOOD MITIGATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist the residents of the Leeward Coast of Oahu by appropriating an unspecified amount of funds for flood mitigation on Farrington Highway between Maili and Nanakuli.

 

     The Department of Transportation and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  A concerned individual supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating an unspecified amount of additional funds for flood mitigation in the area of Lualualei Valley; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 505, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 505, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair