HI SB1541

Appropriates unspecified general fund amounts for fiscal year 2025-2026 to pay off the bond debt service on the Waiahole water system, which has a remaining balance of $4,500,000

Appropriates unspecified general fund amounts for fiscal year 2025-2026 to repair the adit 8 tunnel, which requires $2,000,000 in design and construction for deferred maintenance

The Waiahole water system, a 26.4-mile gravity-fed irrigation network built in 1916, serves approximately 5,600 acres of agricultural land in central and leeward Oahu

Farmers using the system have already paid $9,754,417.90 toward the original $8,500,000 bond (purchased in 1999), and currently 40% of all revenue goes to debt service

The system contributed $135,000,000 and 2,000 jobs to the state economy in 2012; effective date is set as July 1, 3000 (placeholder date)