STAND. COM. REP. NO. 835

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 710

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 710 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to support the revision of the state integrated solid waste management plan, thus furthering the State's waste management goals and ensuring progress toward managing the State's waste.   

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Hawaii Green Growth, Ulupono Initiative, and one individual.  Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Health and the Office of the Auditor.

     Your Committee finds that the Office of Solid Waste Management is required to prepare revisions to the state integrated solid waste management plan following the approval and review of each revised county-specific plan, pursuant to section 342G-29, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Although each county has completed its plan for revisions, a lack of funding has delayed the state revision process.  Your Committee further finds that an appropriation of moneys to the Department of Health will support the required revision of the state integrated solid waste management plan.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified sum; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2053, to facilitate further discussion on this measure.

     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. 710, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 710, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair