STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2201

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2990
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Environment, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2990 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RECYCLING OF BATTERIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to encourage the recycling of
lead batteries by imposing, at the point of sale, a surcharge
waivable only by presenting an old battery for disposal.

     Testimony in favor of this measure was received from the
Department of Health, Sierra Club, and the Legislative
Information Services of Hawaii.  Testimony in opposition to the
measure was received from the Hawaii Automotive Repair & Gasoline
Dealers Association.  Comments on the measure were received from
the Environmental Center.

     Existing law fails to keep lead batteries from being
discarded in public places, landfills, and illegal dump sites.
This measure imposes a $10 surcharge on the purchase of a new
battery unless an old one is presented for disposal.  Your
Committee finds that this measure is necessary to encourage the
proper disposal of lead batteries.

     Your Committee has made technical, nonsubstantive changes to
reflect preferred drafting style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Environment that is attached to this

 
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report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2990, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2990,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and
                                   Environment,



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                                   BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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