STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1937-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2519

S.D. 2

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2519, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase environmental sustainability and diminish the need for landfills by diverting select municipal solid waste to produce compost, animal feed, building materials, and energy. Specifically, this measure authorizes the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) to enter into contracts with private businesses to remove select municipal solid waste from the waste stream for use in other business sectors; provided that the contract benefits agricultural and agriculture-related projects.

Department of Agriculture, Agribusiness Development Corporation, and Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc., supported this measure. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2519, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair