STAND. COM. REP. NO.1216-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2774
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2774, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM FINANCING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect and improve the quality of state waters.
Specifically, this bill:
(1) Expands the categories of parties eligible to receive loans from the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund and the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund programs to include private persons; and
(2) Establishes the Wastewater Systems Special Fund (Special Fund) but excludes, from the fees to be deposited into the Special Fund, any fees for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, water quality certification, or loan programs.
The Department of Health testified in support of this
measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the provision for the establishment of the Special Fund; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 2774, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2774, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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