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                                 STAND. COM. REP. NO. 447

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1503
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water and Land Use and Energy and
Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1503
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COUNTIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow counties to place liens
on real property served by a county sewer system for uncollected
water and sewer fees.  

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this bill
from the County of Maui Department of Water Supply.  

     Your Committees find that unpaid water and sewer fees add a
fiscal burden to the counties that weighs heavily during this
time of economic hardship.  Giving counties the authority to
place a lien on the property for any fees unpaid for one year or
more can help to them recover their costs for these capital-
intensive services.  

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Water and Land Use and Energy and Environmental
Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are
in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1503 and
recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.


 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Water and Land
                                   Use and Energy and
                                   Environmental Protection,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair           ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair