STAND. COM. REP. NO.  582-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2239

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2239 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Deposit Beverage Container Program to recycle a wider range of beverage containers by defining "deposit beverage" to include containers of dietary supplement beverages, which include "energy" drinks.

     The Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2239 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair