STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1019-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1907

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1907, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STREAM MAINTENANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and appropriate funds for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and implement a two-year Manoa Stream Maintenance Reimbursement Pilot Program to reimburse homeowners adjacent to Manoa Stream for clearing debris in Manoa Stream.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from six individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the number of full-time equivalent positions established by this measure to an unspecified number.

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. 1907, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1907, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair