CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 54

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 1332

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1332, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IRRIGATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure that agricultural crops on the island of Kauai receive a steady and dependable supply of water and are better protected from the effects of drought conditions by appropriating unspecified sums for fiscal biennium 2015-2017 for the maintenance and improvements to the Peekauai Ditch Irrigation System, also known as Menehune Ditch on Kauai.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Appropriating $10,000 for fiscal year 2015-2016 for the maintenance and improvements to the Peekauai Ditch; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2015.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1332, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1332, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ RUSSELL E. RUDERMAN, Chair	____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Co-Chair
____________________________ RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair	____________________________ RICHARD H.K. ONISHI, Co-Chair