STAND. COM. REP. NO. 885

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1016

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1016, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL GOALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to update the Department of Health's solid waste management goals and align the goals with the Aloha+ Challenge target of reducing by 70 percent the total solid waste prior to landfill disposal by 2030.

The Department of Health, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Ulupono Initiative, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i, and O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1016, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair