STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2654
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2857
S.D. 2
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2857, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to strengthen the Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Act.
Specifically, this measure establishes recycling obligations for manufacturers of electronic devices and televisions based upon the weight of products sold in the State and imposes penalties for noncompliance with recycling obligations and recycling plans.
Your Committee received written comments in opposition of the measure from the Consumer Electronics Association. The Environmental Health Administration of the Department of Health submitted written comments on the measure.
Your Committee finds that this measure will create reasonable goals for manufacturers' recycling programs, ensure reasonably convenient recycling options for the public, and institute penalties for under-performing or non-performing programs.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the penalty amounts to unspecified figures;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, in order to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and
(3) 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 Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2857, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2857, 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 |
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