HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2251
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to recycling.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 342G-82, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Every glass container importer shall pay to the department an advance disposal fee.  The fee shall be imposed only once on the same glass container and shall not be assessed on drinking glasses, cups, bowls, plates, ashtrays, and similar tempered glass containers.  For the period beginning [September 1, 1994,] January 1, 2017, the fee shall be [one and one-half cents per glass container.  Beginning October 1, 2004, the] three cents per glass container containing less than two liters and 4.5 cents per glass container containing two liters or more.  The glass advance disposal fee shall only apply to glass containers that are not glass deposit beverage containers."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Recycling; Advance Disposal Fee; Glass

Description:

Increases the advance disposal fee for glass containers to 3 cents for containers less than 2 liters and 4.5 cents for containers 2 liters and greater.

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