STAND. COM. REP. NO.  222

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 562

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 562 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to diminish the need for landfills in Hawaii by authorizing the Hawaii public housing authority to enter into contracts with private businesses to divert food and green waste from public housing projects to other business sectors, including agriculture and energy generation.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority and an individual provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the ability of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to enter into contracts with private businesses to remove "food waste" and "green waste" is permissive; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2100, to encourage further discussion.

     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 H.B. No. 562, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 562, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Housing.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair