STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3613

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 112

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Government Operations and Agriculture and Environment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 112 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE RECYCLING PROGRAM TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ALL OFFICES AT THE HAWAII STATE CAPITOL,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop a comprehensive recycling program, with specific focus on the collection of HI-5 recyclable items, to be implemented in all offices at the Hawaii State Capitol.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and one individual.

Your Committees find that although the State has established sustainable waste management goals, it has not made these efforts mandatory, which limits their effectiveness and participation rates. Your Committees further find that it is essential for the Legislature to lead by example in environmental stewardship efforts; demonstrating the State's commitment to sustainable practices. The comprehensive recycling program to be implemented by this measure will serve as a model for sustainable waste management practices and encourage those in the State to adopt similar recycling measure, thereby facilitating the State's achievement of its sustainability goals.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Department of Accounting and General Services is demanded, rather than requested, to develop a comprehensive recycling program at the Hawaii State Capitol;

(2) Amending the list of recipients of its certified copies to include the President of the Senate;

(3) Amending its title to reflect its amended purpose; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Government Operations and Agriculture and Environment that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 112, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 112, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Government Operations and Agriculture and Environment,

________________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair

________________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair