HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1282
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF MANOA STREAM.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the city and county of Honolulu has not regularly performed periodic maintenance activities necessary on Manoa stream to adequately address flood mitigation through vegetative management, debris removal, and streambed dredging at specific locations. Manoa stream has a history of flood events, the most recent extensive event being the October 30, 2004, flood that caused over $80,000,000 in damage to the University of Hawaii Manoa campus. In the aftermath of this devastating flood, government entities committed to performing dredging activities of Manoa stream twice per year from upstream of Kahaloa drive bridge to downstream of Woodlawn drive bridge, the area historically most affected by flood events.

The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for the department of land and natural resources, in conjunction with the city and county of Honolulu, to perform maintenance activities to benefit Manoa stream.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $           or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the department of land and natural resources, in conjunction with the city and county of Honolulu, to perform maintenance activities to benefit Manoa stream.

The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Manoa Stream; Maintenance; DLNR; Honolulu County; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds for the department of land and natural resources, in conjunction with the city and county of Honolulu, to perform maintenance activities to benefit Manoa stream.

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