STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1139

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1405

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1405, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and appropriate funds for the Commission on Water Resource Management and Division of Aquatic Resources of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in partnership with the University of Hawaii and Department of Health, to conduct research on limu to understand the impacts of groundwater use on groundwater-dependent ecosystems.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Food+ Policy and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

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. 1405, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair