STAND. COM. REP. NO.  719

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1272

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1272 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the Electronic Waste Recycling Act by clarifying that to be exempt from the Act, a computer manufacturer must have sales of no more than 100 computers per year, and do not have to be located in Hawaii or manufacture specialized computers.

     The Department of Health did not support this measure.

     This bill is for the most part a housekeeping measure, and opposition to the bill appears to be a product of opposition to the underlying Electronic Waste Recycling Act.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1272, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1272, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair