STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3436

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1802

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1802, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CESSPOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to encourage the upgrade of cesspools in the State by repealing the provision of the cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connecting income tax credit that restricts the Department of Health from certifying more than two residential large capacity cesspools as qualified cesspools.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai`i.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Taxation and Tax Foundation of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that allowing the Department of Health to certify additional residential large capacity cesspools as qualified cesspools will increase the total number of cesspools upgraded in the State.

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. 1802, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair