Bill Text: HI SB725 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Solid Waste; Disposal Surcharge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-28 - (S) Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-11 3:15PM in conference room 225. [SB725 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB725-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to clarify that the solid waste management surcharge applies to all solid waste disposal facilities that receive solid waste for ultimate disposal through landfilling or incineration, whether the waste is disposed of in-state or transferred out-of-state.
SECTION 2. Section 342G-62, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) There is established a solid waste
management surcharge. The solid waste management surcharge shall be [35]
75 cents per ton of solid waste [disposed] that is:
(1) Disposed of within the State at permitted or unpermitted solid waste
disposal facilities[.] and
incineration facilities; or
(2) Transferred to solid waste reduction facilities within the State that collect solid waste for transport to an out-of-state landfill or incineration facility.
The surcharge shall be paid by the person or entity
doing the disposal[.] or the person or
entity responsible for the preparation of the out-of-state transfer of
collected solid waste. The owner or operator of the facility shall
transfer all moneys collected from the surcharge to the department through a
quarterly reporting and payment schedule. Estimates of quarterly solid waste
disposal shall be submitted prior to the first day of each quarter and the transfer
of moneys collected shall occur within thirty days of the end of each
quarter."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2011.
Report Title:
Solid Waste; Disposal Surcharge
Description:
Increases the solid waste management surcharge to 75 cents per ton of solid waste. Applies the solid waste management surcharge to waste that is deposed of at landfills or incineration facilities, whether the waste is disposed of in-state or transferred out-of-state. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB725 HD1)
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