STAND. COM. REP. NO.  373-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2041

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2041 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to fund and establish a five-year program aimed at conducting standardized water audits of public water systems in accordance with recommendations for water audits and loss control programs by the American Water Works Association.

 

     The Board of Water Supply, Hawaii Community Foundation's Hawaii Fresh Water Initiative, Surfrider Foundation, Surfrider Foundation – Oahu Chapter, and two individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Making the appropriation for the establishment and implementation of the program to conduct standardized water audits an unspecified amount;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, 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 Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2041, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2041, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair