STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3437
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1948
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1948, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve and expand upon the State's recycling initiative by:
(1) Increasing the volume limit of deposit beverage containers subject to the recycling program from sixty-four to sixty-eight fluid ounces; and
(2) Deleting the exception that relieves dealers who operate in high density population areas and within two miles of a certified redemption center from having to operate a redemption center.
Your Committee understands that Hawaii's deposit beverage container law has diverted over half a billion bottles and cans from Hawaii's landfills. However, two liter beverage containers, while abundant, are not covered under the law. This measure remedies the situation, thus ensuring the recycling of these containers.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting section 2 of the bill to retain the exception for dealers who operate in high density population areas and within two miles of a certified redemption center from having to operate a redemption center;
(2) Renumbering the remaining bill sections consecutively; and
(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1948, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1948, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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