REPORT TITLE: 
Wastewater Fund


DESCRIPTION:
Creates a special fund for the board of certification to certify
individuals to operate wastewater treatment plants.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                            799         
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO WASTEWATER.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the board of
 
 2 certification was previously established under state law to
 
 3 operate a mandatory certification program for wastewater
 
 4 treatment plant operators.  However, current budget cutbacks
 
 5 prevent the board from fully executing its duties under the law.
 
 6 The legislature further finds that the board's operations
 
 7 generate enough revenues from registration examination and other
 
 8 fees to fully cover its existing expenditures and allow the
 
 9 board's operations to be fully self-sustaining.  The purpose of
 
10 this Act is to establish a special fund to finance the
 
11 operational costs of the board of certification through fees
 
12 related to the certification requirement previously established
 
13 by state law.
 
14      SECTION 2.  Chapter 340B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
15 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
16 and to read as follows:
 
17      "�340B-    Board of certification special fund.  (a)  There
 
18 is established in the state treasury a special fund to be known
 
19 as the board of certification special fund.  The following moneys
 

 
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 1 collected by the board shall be deposited into the special fund:
 
 2      (1)  Registration fees for examinations;
 
 3      (2)  Renewal fees;
 
 4      (3)  Reciprocity fees; and
 
 5      (4)  Temporary certificates fees.
 
 6 All interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited into the
 
 7 special fund shall become a part of the special fund.
 
 8      (b)  All moneys paid into the special fund shall be expended
 
 9 by the board to finance its operations."
 
10      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
11      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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13                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________