STAND. COM. REP. NO. 437-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1800

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1800, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create better incentives for tire recycling and to offset some of the expenses of used tire cleanup by authorizing each county, at its discretion, to establish a requirement for customers to provide an equal number of used motor vehicle tires to a tire retailer as the number of new motor vehicle tires purchased, or pay a fee that shall be refundable upon provision of the appropriate number of used tires.

The Department of Health, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this measure. Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association and one concerned individual opposed this measure. The Department of Environmental Management of the County of Hawaii provided comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1800, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair