STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2789

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2337

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2337 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require any state or county agency contractor that disposes of liquid or solid waste to provide a receipt to the contracting agency that verifies that the waste was received and disposed of at a licensed facility.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Hawaii Advocates for Consumer Rights and OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the General Contractors Association of Hawaii and one individual.

Your Committee notes that state law generally prohibits the disposal of more than one cubic yard of solid waste anywhere other than a permitted solid waste management system. However, your Committee recognizes that despite this prohibition, construction waste from state and county contractors is sometimes disposed of in an unauthorized manner. Your Committee therefore believes that the verification requirement of this measure may reduce the illegal disposal of such waste.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2337, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2337, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair