CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 61-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

RE:    H.B. No. 2030

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2030, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POLLUTION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to prohibit the discharge of treated or raw sewage into state waters after December 31, 2049, except when used to create clean energy.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing to December 31, 2026, the date upon which the discharge of treated or raw sewage into state waters shall be prohibited; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2016.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2030, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2030, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair	____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair
____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair	____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN, Co-Chair