Bill Text: HI HCR243 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Urging the Department of Agriculture to specifically address the requests of Hawaiian homestead farmers and other water users relating to the Molokai Irrigation System in the Agricultural Water Use and Development Plan. Requesting submission of a status report to the Legislature. (HCR243 HD1)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-31 - The committee(s) on WAL recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HCR243 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HCR243-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE REQUEST BY HAWAIIAN HOMESTEAD FARMERS AND OTHER USERS relating to THE MOLOKAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN THE department's AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
WHEREAS, Hawaiian homestead farmers and other Molokai Irrigation System users require reliable and well-managed water supplies on Molokai; and
WHEREAS, water restrictions have had a negative economic impact on the Molokai Irrigation System and its users for several years; and
WHEREAS, future drought conditions could cause increased water restrictions that would result in employment reductions on Molokai and larger revenue losses for the Molokai Irrigation System and its users; and
WHEREAS, Molokai Irrigation System users have requested that the Department of Agriculture make various improvements to the system that would allow water users to expand their agricultural activities and create new jobs on Molokai; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Agriculture is urged to specifically address the improvements requested by Hawaiian homestead farmers and other users of the Molokai Irrigation System in the Department's Agricultural Water Use and Development Plan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Agriculture is requested to submit a report on the status of the Agricultural Water Use and Development Plan, specifically addressing the needs of the Molokai homesteaders and the Molokai Irrigation System to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2015; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture, Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, and the Chairperson of the Molokai Irrigation System Advisory Board.
Urging the Department of Agriculture to specifically address the requests of Hawaiian homestead farmers and other water users relating to the Molokai Irrigation System in the Agricultural Water Use and Development Plan. Requesting submission of a status report to the Legislature. (HCR243 HD1)
