STAND. COM. REP. NO. 862-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 1706
H.D. 3
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1706, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS ACT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act (Uniform Act) to:
(1) Ensure that land use restrictions, environmental monitoring requirements, and common engineering controls will be reflected on land records; and
(2) Encourage the transfer of ownership and property re-use by providing a process for creating, modifying, or terminating environmental covenants and recording actions that will be reflected in the title abstract of the contaminated property.
The Department of Health (DOH) testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the provision that established employee positions within DOH to implement the Uniform Act; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 H.B. No. 1706, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1706, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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