STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1064
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1451
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 1451, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPROVING WATER QUALITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve water quality at Lake Wilson by appropriating funds out of the Environmental Response Revolving Fund (ERRF) for the two-phased constructed wetlands designs for the Lake Wilson pilot demonstration project (Project) by the University of Hawaii's Center for Conservation Research and Training (Center). Specifically, this bill requires the Center:
(1) In phase 1 to prepare a comprehensive watershed management plan to develop the best strategies to manage water quality problems in Lake Wilson; and
(2) In phase 2, to identify and secure federal and other funding to coordinate implementation of the Project.
The Center supported the intent of this bill. The Department of Health opposed this measure.
Upon careful consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting the substance of H.B. No. 1278, H.D. 2, with amendments. As amended, this bill:
(1) Replaces ERRF funding with general funds; and
(2) Changes the effective date to July 1, 2005.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1451, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1451, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,
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____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair |
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