STAND. COM. REP. NO.  167

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 902

      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. 902 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to include energy and dietary supplement beverage containers in the Deposit Beverage Container Program.

The Department of Health, Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter, Conservation Council for Hawaii, and an individual supported this measure.  The Hawaii Food Industry Association and an individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 4, 2100, to encourage further discussion; 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 H.B. No. 902, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 902, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair