STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1035

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 703

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 703, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the solid waste management surcharge and clarify that the surcharge applies to solid waste, with some exceptions:

(1)  Shipped outside the State for disposal; and

(2)  Disposed of at certain waste-to-energy facilities.

Two individuals were in support of the measure.  The City and County of Honolulu's Department of Environmental Services and General Contractors Association of Hawaii were opposed to the measure.  The Department of Health submitted comments.

     Should your Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee respectfully requests that it consider setting the new solid waste management surcharge at fifty-two cents, an increase in line with the rate of inflation.
     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 S.B. No. 703, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair