STAND. COM. REP. NO. 827-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2331

H.D. 1

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. 2331, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish and appropriate funds for a Dam and Reservoir Working Group to ensure and enhance the continued availability and safe operation of dams and reservoirs in the State and consider their role in drought mitigation and the maintenance of a dependable water supply.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; Ulupono Initiative; Aina Hookupu o Kilauea; and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Agribusiness Development Corporation.

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. 2331, 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