§179-3  Statewide flood control agency and
program.  (a)  The board of land and natural resources, whose functions
include under the existing laws of Hawaii, the management and administration of
water resources of the State, is hereby designated as the state agency
responsible for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter.



(b)  All flood control and flood water
conservation and related activities, and any attendant powers and duties,
heretofore assigned to other state departments or agencies, but not including
flood disaster operations, shall be transferred to the board upon the enactment
of this law.



(c)  It is declared that the general flood
control plan is to be regarded as a general guide for the orderly and
coordinated implementation of the statewide flood control program and the
specific existing and planned flood control programs comprising the plan to be
financed by state funds.  This declaration is not to be construed so as to
constitute approval of the specific flood control programs included in the
plan.  Nor shall this declaration be construed so as to prohibit the
development of lands bordering watercourses or standing bodies of water.  The
board may, from time to time, modify the plan to the extent that it finds such
to be necessary or desirable. [L 1961, c 34, §3; am L 1963, c 148, pt of §1;
Supp, §87C-3; HRS §179-3]