STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2588

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3006

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3006, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a task force to study ways to prevent or control the problem of illegal dumping of abandoned tires.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from one individual.

     Your Committee finds that discarded motor vehicle tires continue to blight many neighborhoods, particularly in rural and isolated areas.  This is due, in large part, to the repeal of the motor vehicle tire surcharge that the Department of Health used to fund and promote tire recovery and prevent illegal dumping.  Your Committee finds that new ideas are needed to address the problem of abandoned tires throughout the State.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3006, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3006, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair