CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 170-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    S.B. No. 871

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 871, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD WASTE RECYCLING,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a three-year pilot project in one or more school districts, chosen by the Department of Education and in partnership with the Department of Health, for recycling food waste as part of the State's integrated solid waste management plans under chapter 342G, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring the development and implementation of the three-year food waste recycling pilot project to be conducted in one or more schools, rather than school districts;

     (2)  Requiring the Department of Education and the Department of Health to consider using public-private partnerships in developing and implementing the pilot project and encouraging them to seek and use public-private sector funding support;

     (3)  Authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of private monetary donations to develop and operate the pilot project;

     (4)  Changing the revenue source general funds and adding an appropriation amount of $25,000; and

     (5)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2008, and providing that the measure be repealed on June 30, 2011.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 871, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 871, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair	____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair
____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Co-Chair	____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair
____________________________ MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair	____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair