STAND. COM. REP. NO.  797-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2749

      H.D. 2

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. 2749, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a Sewage Runoff and Infrastructure Review Task Force in the Department of Health to examine the extent of sewage runoff and sewage infrastructure in each county.

Surfrider Foundation Hawaii Chapters and a few individuals provided testimony in support of the measure.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services provided testimony in opposition.  The Department of Health, County of Hawaii Department of Environmental Management, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, and Chamber of Commerce Hawaii 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. 2749, H.D. 2, 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