STAND. COM. REP. NO.59
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1387
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and Water and Land Use, to which was referred H.B. No. 1387 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYLCED WATER,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is promote the use of recycled water by requiring all state and county facilities and improved commercial property using potable water irrigation systems to connect to an available recycled water service that is within 100 feet of the property line.
The Department of Health, Department of Accounting and General Services, and Hawaii Water Environment Association submitted testimony in support of the bill. Life of the Land submitted testimony supporting the intent of the bill. The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii submitted testimony expressing its concerns on the bill.
Your Committees have amended the bill by:
(1) Substituting the phrase "for single family or duplex purposes" with "residential purposes" to clarify that a property used for residential purposes is exempted from the bill's requirement to use recycled water;
(2) Correcting the misspelling of "RECYCLED" in the title;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2002; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and Water and Land Use that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1387, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1387, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and Water and Land Use,
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____________________________ EZRA KANOHO, Chair |
____________________________ HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair |
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