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SB1086 • 2026

RELATING TO IRRIGATION.

RELATING TO IRRIGATION.

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INOUYE
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

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RELATING TO IRRIGATION.

RELATING TO IRRIGATION.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO IRRIGATION.
  • Irrigation Systems; CIP; General Obligation Bonds; Appropriation ($) Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to finance capital improvement projects for irrigation systems.
  • Effective 7/1/2050.
  • (SD1)

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SD1

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Plain English: SB1086 SD1 THE SENATE S.B.

  • SB1086 SD1 THE SENATE S.B.
  • NO.
  • 1086 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 S.D.
  • 1 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IRRIGATION .

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-02-14 S

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

  3. 2025-02-14 S

    Reported from AEN/WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 607) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  4. 2025-02-12 S

    The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  5. 2025-02-12 S

    The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.

  6. 2025-02-07 S

    The committee(s) on AEN/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-25 1:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  7. 2025-01-23 S

    Referred to AEN/WTL, WAM.

  8. 2025-01-21 S

    Passed First Reading.

  9. 2025-01-17 S

    Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO IRRIGATION.
Irrigation Systems; CIP; General Obligation Bonds; Appropriation ($)
Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to finance capital improvement projects for irrigation systems. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

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SB1086

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1086

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to irrigation
.

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

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SECTION
1.
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The legislature finds that a reliable
irrigation system is the lifeline of Hawaii's agricultural industry.
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To ensure that Hawaii's crops receive a
steady and dependable supply of water, sufficient funding is needed to maintain
and improve Hawaii's irrigation systems.
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Increasing weather tendencies of extended drought events highlight the
need for timely repair and maintenance of these systems.

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The purpose of
this Act is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and
appropriate funds for capital improvement projects for the State's irrigation
systems.

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SECTION
2.
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The director of finance is authorized
to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of
$ or so much
thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be
necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2025-2026 for the purpose of capital
improvement projects for irrigation systems.

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The sum

appropriated shall be expended by the
department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 3.
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The appropriation made for the capital
improvement project authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the
fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys
from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2028, shall lapse as of that
date.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Irrigation
Systems; CIP; General Obligation Bonds; Appropriation

Description:

Authorizes
the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds and appropriates
funds to finance capital improvement projects for irrigation systems.

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