CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 143

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    H.B. No. 1351

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1351, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE RECYCLING FUND,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Authorize the Director of Health to expend moneys to support a county electronics recycling collection; and

     (2)  Make an appropriation to reimburse the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui for expenses incurred during 2015 and 2016 related to the collection services associated with handling and collecting electronic devices for recycling.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the appropriations to reimburse the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui for expenses incurred during 2015 and 2016 related to the collection services associated with handling and collecting electronic devices for recycling; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to upon its approval, to be applicable to county electronics collections occurring on or after January 1, 2016.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1351, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1351, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ MIKE GABBARD Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Co-Chair	____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN Co-Chair
____________________________ GIL RIVIERE Co-Chair