STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1813

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 207
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

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

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTEWATER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide the Board of
Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment
Facilities (Board) with necessary funds to carry out its
responsibilities by establishing the Board of Certification
Special Fund (Special Fund) to certify individuals to operate
wastewater treatment plants.

     The Department of Health and an individual testified in
support of this measure.

     Your Committee understands that the Legislative Auditor will
use two criteria in analyzing the Special Fund:

     (1)  Whether there is a clear link between the benefit
          sought and the charges made of users or beneficiaries
          of the Special Fund; and

     (2)  Whether the Special Fund has the capacity to be self-
          sustaining.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the name of
the Special Fund from the "Board of Certification Special Fund"

 
 
 
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to the "Wastewater Treatment Certification Board Special Fund"
for clarity.

     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 S.B. No.
207, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 207, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair