THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2555
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to glass containers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 342G-82, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Every glass container importer shall pay to the department an advance disposal fee. The fee shall be imposed only once on the same glass container and shall not be assessed on drinking glasses, cups, bowls, plates, ashtrays, and similar tempered glass containers. For the period beginning [September 1, 1994,] on July 1, 2022, the fee shall be [one and one-half cents] $           per glass container. Beginning October 1, 2004, the glass advance disposal fee shall only apply to glass containers that are not glass deposit beverage containers."

SECTION 2. Section 342G-85, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (b) through (d) to read as follows:

"(b) [Until September 30, 2004, the] The amount due from glass container importers less glass containers exported for the calendar year shall be the sum equal to the number of glass containers provided in subsection (a) multiplied by the advance disposal fee specified in section 342G-82. [Beginning October 1, 2004, the amount due from glass container importers shall be the sum equal to the number of non-deposit beverage glass containers provided in subsection (a), less non-deposit beverage glass containers exported, and multiplied by the advance disposal fee.] Payment shall be made by check or money order payable to the "Department of Health, State of Hawaii". All subsequent inventory reports and payments shall be made not later than the fifteenth day of the month following the end of the previous calendar quarter, except for those importers subject to subsection (d).

(c) [Until September 30, 2004, a] A glass container importer who imports fewer than five thousand glass containers within a one-year period shall be exempt from payment of the fee. Any empty, imported glass container designed to hold not more than two and one-half fluid ounces of a product meant for human consumption shall be exempt from the fee. [Beginning October 1, 2004, a glass container importer who imports or manufactures in the State fewer [than] five thousand non-deposit beverage glass containers within a one-year period shall be exempt from payment of the fee.]

(d) [Until September 30, 2004, a] A glass container importer who imports five thousand or more glass containers, but less than or equal to one hundred thousand glass containers, shall be permitted to provide a report and payment of the fee annually, rather than quarterly. [Beginning October 1, 2004, a glass container importer who imports or manufactures in the State five thousand or more non-deposit beverage glass containers, but less than or equal to one hundred thousand non-deposit beverage glass containers, shall be permitted to provide a report and payment of the fee annually, rather than quarterly.]"

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Glass Containers; Advance Disposal Fee

Description:

Increases the advance disposal fee collected on glass containers. Removes the exemption for glass deposit beverage containers.

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