STAND. COM. REP. NO. 539-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2375
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2375 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLID WASTE CONTROL,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of the bill is to discourage illegal dumping by making it a class C felony offense for any person to:
(1) Knowingly dispose of certain amounts of solid waste anywhere other than a permitted solid waste management system without the written approval of the Director of Health (Director); and
(2) Knowingly dispose of solid waste anywhere other than a permitted solid waste management system without the written approval of the Director, for which the expense of recovering, removing, restoring, and lawfully disposing of the solid waste exceeds $1,500.
The Department of the Attorney General and Department of Health supported this bill. The Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, and the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii supported the measure with amendments. The Office of the Public Defender submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended the bill by:
(1) Adding a savings clause because the bill creates a new felony offense;
(2) Inserting a defective effective date; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2375, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2375, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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