STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2515

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2711

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2711 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to permit the Department of Health to distribute excess moneys in the Deposit Beverage Container Deposit Special Fund to the counties to support the establishment and maintenance of recycling programs.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by Director of the Honolulu Department of Environmental Services and the Office of the Mayor, County of Kauai.  Comments were submitted by the Director of Health and the Anheuser Busch Companies.

     Your Committee finds that much remains to be accomplished in making recycling easier and more accessible to the public, and in managing solid waste and reducing the waste disposed of in landfills.  Additional funds could be used, for example, for community recycling bins, establishing public recycling receptacles, and curbside recycling.  This measure is one of the options and as such, it merits further discussion and consideration.

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to ensure further discussion and consideration; and

     (2)  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 Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2711, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2711, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,

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RON MENOR, Chair