STAND. COM. REP. NO.  587-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2644

      H.D. 2

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. 2644, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the Office of Solid Waste Management by applying the solid waste disposal surcharge to waste deposited at waste-to-energy facilities, or transferred to solid waste reduction facilities within the state that collect solid waste for transport to an out-of-state landfill, incineration facility, or waste-to-energy facility.

     Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, West County Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen's Council provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, and style.

     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. 2644, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2644, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair