STAND. COM. REP. NO.  954-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2251

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2251, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Health to:

     (1)  Assess the viability of the glass advance disposal fee program and report findings and recommendations to the Legislature; and

     (2)  Report to the Legislature on the Department of Health's progress in adopting the recommendations contained in Auditor's Report No. 14-17 entitled A Study to Identify Local Alternatives to Shipping Non-Deposit Glass Out of the State of Hawaii.

The City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services, Wine Institute, and Hawaii Liquor Wholesalers Association provided testimony in support of the measure.  The Acting State Auditor, Department of Health, and Sierra Club of Hawaii provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2251, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2251, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair