STAND. COM. REP. NO. 573-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 3021
                                     H.D. 1




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.
3021, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GASOLINE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect Hawaii's groundwater
and drinking water from contamination by methyl tertiary-butyl
ether (MTBE) by:

     (1)  Prohibiting the sale of gasoline containing MTBE for
          use in motor vehicles after July 1, 2001; and

     (2)  Establishing fines for violations and depositing these
          fines into the Environmental Response Revolving Fund.

     The Department of Health and the City and County of Honolulu
Board of Water Supply testified in support of this measure.
Chevron offered comments.

     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.
3021, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair