STAND. COM. REP. NO.  865

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1394

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1394, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to explore the sustainability and conservation potential of water scalping in Hawaii by requiring the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct a feasibility study on the use of water scalping technology in state facilities and submit a report to the Legislature.

 

     Kennedy/Jenks Consultants and Mele Associates, Inc. supported this measure.  The Department of Health, Department of Accounting and General Services, and the Department of Land and Natural Resources commented on this measure.  

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Transportation to undertake the feasibility study instead of the Department of Accounting and General Services;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1394, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1394, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair