STAND. COM. REP. NO.  995-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2749

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2749, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTEWATER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to conserve the State's water resource supply and address the lack of waste disposal systems by requiring the counties to authorize composting toilets in areas that are inaccessible to municipal wastewater systems.  

The Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu, County of Maui Council Chair, and a concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure.  General Contractors Association of Hawaii commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2962, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2749, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2749, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair