STAND. COM. REP. NO. 750-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2529
                                     H.D. 2



Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2529, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SAFE DRINKING WATER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish separate
certification requirements for distribution system operators and
water treatment plant operators and thereby:

     (1)  Fulfill congressional requirements; and

     (2)  Ensure that the State avoid an annual restriction of
          $1,400,000 of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
          which is available to the State through 2003.

     The Department of Health testified in support of this bill
and recommended amendments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive revisions for the purpose of 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 H.B. No.
2529, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2529, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair