Hawaii House Bill 2561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-25 - (H) Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 7
Pending: House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Increases the solid waste management surcharge to $1.25 per ton of solid waste disposed of in landfills or shipped out-of-state; increases the solid waste management surcharge to 60 cents per ton of solid waste disposed of at waste-to-energy facilities that accept 150,000 tons or more of solid waste annually; provides for no surcharges to waste-to-energy facilities that accept less than 150,000 tons of solid waste annually and for ash disposed of in landfills that originates from a waste-to-energy facility, and defines "waste-to-energy facility".

Solid Waste; Disposal Surcharge

Rep. Calvin Say [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-25		(H) Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 7
2012-01-25		(H) Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2012-01-23		(H) Pending introduction.

SB2823 (Same As) 2012-03-19 - (H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Awana, Fontaine, Hanohano, Johanson, Marumoto, Pine, Riviere voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Thielen, Ward voting no (2) and Representative(s) Carroll, Ching, Herkes, Mizuno excused (4).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2561
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/HB2561_.htm