STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1107-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 3006

      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. 3006, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a task force to study ways to prevent or control the problem of abandoned tires littering the landscape.

The Department of Health, Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association, and one individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Re-inserting language from the measure as introduced to reestablish the motor vehicle tire surcharge on imported tires to the State;

     (2)  Adding a representative of the Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu to the task force;

     (3)  Clarifying that a member of the task force is not to be considered a state employee solely because of the member's participation on the task force;

     (4)  Changing the date of dissolution of the task force to December 31, 2013;

     (5)  Changing the deadline for the task force's report to twenty days before the convening of the regular legislative session of 2014;

     (6)  Changing the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2012; and

     (7)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 3006, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3006, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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DENNY COFFMAN, Chair