STAND. COM. REP. NO.  903-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2211

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2211 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WASTEWATER PROJECTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

(1)  Provide financial support for wastewater treatment projects; and

(2)  Assist in complying with federal requirements imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency,

by appropriating funds for the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.

     The Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Hawaii County Council, Department of Environmental Management of the County of Hawaii, and Public Works Department, Wastewater Management Division of the County of Kauai supported this bill.  The Department of Health opposed this measure.

     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. 2211 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair