CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 28-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2519

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2519, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

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 authorize the Agribusiness Development Corporation to enter into contracts with private businesses to remove select municipal solid waste, glass, and food and green waste from the waste stream for use in other business sectors, including agriculture, construction, and energy production.

Your Committee on Conference finds that as the State's economy continues to grow, it is critical that innovative processes are applied to the recycling sector to reduce the pressure on the State's environment and to capture as much value as possible to support local business sectors. The Agribusiness Development Corporation, in its role of developing agriculture initiatives, is uniquely positioned to implement existing and emerging technology toward the goal of optimizing value from waste streams for agricultural uses. Your Committee on Conference finds that reducing solid waste and reusing municipal solid waste, glass, and food and green waste is something all sectors of the government should be championing.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to upon approval; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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 S.B. No. 2519, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2519, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ CHRIS LEE Co-Chair	____________________________ MIKE GABBARD Chair
____________________________ RICHARD P. CREAGAN Co-Chair	____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair
____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair