STAND. COM. REP. NO. 427-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2925
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 Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2925 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REFUSE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Remove from the motor carrier law the exemption for persons transporting their own property in the furtherance of a primary business purpose or enterprise;
(2) Exempt from the motor carrier law private persons operating motor vehicles in the transportation of garbage or refuse to a dump or transfer station;
(3) Allow citizens who report illegal dumping activity to receive 50 percent of the fines collected when a conviction results; and
(4) Require solid waste haulers to maintain trip records.
Hawaiian Earth Products supported this bill. Windward Ahupua'a Alliance supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Health (DOH), Public Utilities Commission, and Hawaii Transportation Association opposed this bill.
DOH expressed concern that the reporting of complaints may inadvertently decrease because the name of complainants will become public record upon a conviction. However, your Committee notes that programs such as the Crimestoppers allow for anonymous reporting.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Removing sections 1 and 3 of this measure; and
(2) Requesting the Office of the Auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis of procedures necessary to regulate solid waste haulers and require trip records; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
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 H.B. No. 2925, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2925, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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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