STAND. COM. REP. NO.  854-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2030

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2030 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POLLUTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

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

The City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services and City and County of Honolulu Department of Design and Construction provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Health and Hawaii Fresh Water Initiative provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

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

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair