STAND. COM. REP. NO. 149-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2043

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2043 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTEWATER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize counties to:

(1) Implement a sewer monitoring program that includes inspection, after proper notice to property owners, of sewer laterals connected to county sewers on public or private property to detect saltwater infiltration; and

(2) Compel the private property owners to inspect for saltwater infiltration and perform repairs as necessary.

The Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the

Democratic Party of Hawaii and a concerned individual supported this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 28, 2045, to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2043, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2043, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair