STAND. COM. REP. NO. 158-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2095

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 Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2095 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Agribusiness Development Corporation to enter into contracts with private businesses to remove various waste items from the waste stream for use in other business sectors.

The Department of Agriculture, Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu, and three individuals supported this measure.

Your Committee notes that the priority for waste stream services between the Agribusiness Development Corporation and the counties is not determined in this measure. Should the Committee on Agriculture deliberate this measure further, your Committee respectfully requests that it work with the stakeholders of this measure to address this issue.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 28, 2045, to encourage further discussion.

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. 2095, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2095, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Agriculture.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair