STAND. COM. REP. NO. 64

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1381

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1381 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this short form bill is to amend the law relating to the environment.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting language proposed by the Department of Health, which relates to drinking water, wastewater infrastructure, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to better utilize funds from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment of 2009, should such funds become available, for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure improvements.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1381, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Environment, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1381, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair