STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1685

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 1054

S.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1054, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BROWNFIELDS CLEANUP REVOLVING LOAN FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable the use of monies in the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund for subgrants to eligible entities for assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites and certain site-monitoring activities.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Office of Planning; and Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu.

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 S.B. No. 1054, S.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