STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1002-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: S.B. No. 2511
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2511, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Specifically, this measure establishes an offset fee for the distribution of single-use checkout bags and directs that the bulk of fee revenues be used to fund programs to mitigate the damaging effects of single-use checkout bags.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Including a sunset date of December 31, 2017; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2511, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2511, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ DENNY COFFMAN, Chair |
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