CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.123-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2006
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2006, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL WASTES RECYCLING,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Expand civil enforcement remedies for improper disposal of lead acid batteries; and
(2) Clarify statutory requirements concerning the importation, storage, disposal, surcharge fees, and reporting related to motor vehicle tires.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Requiring the Director of Health to waive the surcharge fee of $1 per tire for Hawaii tire importers when the amount of the collected surcharge to be deposited into the special account in the Environmental Management Special Fund established pursuant to section 342G-63 has reached a total of between $2,750,000 and $3,000,000;
(2) Authorizing the Director of Health to reinstate the $1 per tire surcharge, with ninety days written notice to tire importers, when the remaining balance in the special account is less than $100,000 in unencumbered funds and funds are necessary for tire cleanups and associated assessments and remediation;
(3) Requiring the Department of Health to submit annual reports on the status of the special account in the Environmental Management Special Fund established pursuant to section 342G-63 and the status of cleanup projects, with its findings and recommendations, twenty days prior to each legislative session;
(4) Repealing the tire surcharge on January 1, 2006; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
Your Committee on Conference does not want the special account in the Environmental Management Special Fund to build up unnecessarily and is therefore authorizing the Director of Health to waive the surcharge fees.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2006, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2006, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair |
____________________________ HERMINA M. MORITA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ NOBU YONAMINE, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair |