04/16/2009 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 134(RES)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act  relating  to  the   terms  and  conditions  of                                                                   
     commercial  passenger vessel  permits for the  discharge                                                                   
     of  graywater,  treated sewage,  and  other  wastewater;                                                                   
     establishing  a  science  advisory panel  on  wastewater                                                                   
     treatment  and effluent  quality  in  the Department  of                                                                   
     Environmental   Conservation;  and   providing  for   an                                                                   
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:43:06 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman provided history of the legislation.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
JOHN  BITNEY,  STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE  JOHN  HARRIS,  SPONSOR,                                                                   
spoke briefly in support of the legislation.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman  MOVED to report  SCS CS HB 134(FIN)  out of                                                                   
Committee   with    individual   recommendations    and   the                                                                   
accompanying fiscal  note. There  being NO OBJECTION,  it was                                                                   
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SCS CS HB 134(FIN)  was REPORTED out of Committee  with a "do                                                                   
pass"  recommendation  and with  attached  zero  note by  the                                                                   
Department of Environmental Conservation.