Hawaii Senate Bill 2364 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-23 - (S) Referred to EDT/ENE/WLH, WAM.
Pending: Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires businesses in the State to collect a 10-cent fee for each single-use checkout bag provided to a customer, with certain exceptions. Subject to income and general excise taxes, allows businesses to keep 20% of the fees collected from 1/1/13 to 12/31/13 and 10% thereafter. Requires fees to be collected on paper bags in counties that currently have ordinances banning plastic bags. Authorizes 20% of the fees collected to be expended by DOH for clean water projects. Authorizes 60% of the fees collected from 1/1/13 to 12/31/13, and 70% thereafter, to be expended by DLNR for watershed protection. Takes effect 1/1/2013.

Single-use Checkout Bags; Fees; Watershed Protection; DLNR

Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-23		(S) Referred to EDT/ENE/WLH, WAM.
2012-01-23		(S) Passed First Reading.
2012-01-20		(S) Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2364
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/SB2364_.HTM