STAND. COM. REP. NO.1049
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1137
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 1137, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Establish criminal penalties for the abandonment of hazardous waste or used oil; and
(2) Clarify and strengthen criminal penalties related to the disposal of hazardous waste.
Your Committee received testimony from the Department of Health and the Department of the Attorney General, recommending that the definition of "abandon" be moved to section 342J-9(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), as it was in H.B. No. 662, H.D. 2, which passed Third Reading earlier this session.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting section 1, which defined "abandon" as to desert, discard, or leave behind in section 342J-2, HRS;
(2) Defining "abandon" as the act of deserting or leaving behind a hazardous waste, used oil, or used oil fuel in section 342J-9(c), HRS;
(3) Clarifying that section 342J, HRS, pertains to used oil fuel as well as hazardous waste and used oil; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1137, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1137, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair |
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