STAND. COM. REP. NO.  777-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2041

      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. 2041, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to fund and establish a five-year program aimed at conducting standardized water audits of public water systems in accordance with recommendations for water audits and loss control programs by the American Water Works Association.

The Hawaii Fresh Water Initiative, Surfrider Foundation Hawaii Chapters, Surfrider Foundation Oahu, Hawaii Green Growth, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, and the City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply provided comments.

     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. 2041, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair