STAND. COM. REP. NO.  517

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1351

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1351 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Clarify the purposes for which monies from the Electronic Device Recycling Fund may be expended; and

     (2)  Appropriate funds 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.

The Office of the Mayor of the County of Maui and an individual supported this measure.  The Department of Health and Consumer Technology Association provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Authorizing the Director of Health to expend monies to support county electronics collections, rather than specifying the purposes for which moneys from the Electronic Device Recycling Fund may be expended; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to January 28, 2081.

     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 H.B. No. 1351, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1351, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair