STAND. COM. REP. NO. 671

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 651

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 651, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require recycling receptacles to be housed in all state offices and buildings.

     No comments were submitted.

     Your Committee finds that recycling receptacles should be made available in all state office buildings for aluminum cans, glass bottles, plastic containers, white and colored paper, and newspaper.  Further, the purchase and maintenance of the recycling receptacles should be included along with recycling pick-up in the recycling service contracts with the recycling companies.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the effective date of this measure to July, 1 2015, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical non-substantive amendments for 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 S.B. No. 651, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 651, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair