STAND. COM. REP. NO. 938-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: H.B. No. 2237

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2237, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRUG DISPOSAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Drug Disposal Program, to be administered by the Department of the Attorney General, to dispose of prescription and over-the-counter drugs in a safe, secure, and environmentally friendly manner; and

(2) Establish the Drug Disposal Special Fund and appropriate funds into and out of the special fund to award grants for the purchase, operation, or maintenance of a drug disposal repository or for the purchase or distribution of home drug disposal receptacles.

Your Committee did not receive any testimony on 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 H.B. No. 2237, 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