STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3513

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1749

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1749, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WATER MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the goals of the Hawaii water plan to include increased utilization of reclaimed water in all state facilities, where feasible.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services and the Hawaii Fresh Water Council. 

Written comments were received from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that improving the State's overall water reuse rate is an important conservation measure and a step towards a more secure fresh water future for Hawaii.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion of the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1749, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1749, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair