Bill Text: HI SB145 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Irrigation; General Obligation Bonds; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-13 - (H) Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 747). [SB145 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB145-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1555
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: S.B. No. 145
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 145, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IRRIGATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide additional funding needed for the repair and maintenance of various irrigation systems throughout the State.
The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Agricultural Research Center, Monsanto Hawaii, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Halms Enterprise, Inc., and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Agriculture and Fat Law's Farm, Inc. offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amounts to unspecified amounts;
(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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 S.B. No. 145, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 145, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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