STAND. COM. REP. NO. 679

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 207
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 207 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTEWATER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a board of
certification special fund into which various fees collected
pursuant to the activities of the Board of Certification of
Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Facilities (Board)
will be deposited.

     Your Committee finds that, since fiscal year 1996, the
Board's budget has been $5,198, which is insufficient to
implement the mandatory certification program for wastewater
treatment operators.  Your Committee also finds that the Board
can adequately operate on a budget of $10,000 and currently, the
Board generates approximately $11,000 annually from registration
and certification fees.  Thus, the entire operational costs of
the Board could be financed by the revenues generated within the
program.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
207 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 
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                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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