STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1031

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 178

      S.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 Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 178, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote conservation by further reducing solid and liquid food waste.  Specifically, this bill requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Education (DOE), in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH), to establish a three-year food waste recycling pilot project in one or more public schools.  Public-private partnerships are encouraged in the development and implementation of the pilot project.

     DOE supported this bill.  DOH opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 178, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair