STAND. COM. REP. NO.  189

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 1103

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1103 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPACT FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require that impact fees be assessed and collected from a developer prior to the issuance of a water meter.

The Department of Water of the County of Kauai, Maui County Department of Water Supply, and Board of Water Supply of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1103, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1103, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair