HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	927
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO ROADWAY MATERIALS.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 103D-407, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

     "(a)  When purchasing roadway materials or other high‑value, end-use applications for public projects, state [agencies shall,] and county agencies may[,] purchase materials with minimum recycled glass content meeting specifications adopted by the policy board which, at a minimum, shall provide for:

     (1)  A minimum recycled glass content of ten per cent crushed aggregate in treated or untreated basecourse in paving materials that shall not reduce the quality standards for highway and road construction; and

     (2)  The use of one hundred per cent aggregate in nonstructural capital improvement applications.

     (b)  All highway and road construction and improvement projects funded by the State or a county or roadways that are to be accepted by the State or a county as public roads [shall utilize] may use a minimum of ten per cent crushed glass aggregate as specified by the department of transportation in all basecourse (treated or untreated) and subbase when the glass is available to the quarry or contractor at a price no greater than that of the equivalent aggregate."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

 

Report Title:

Roadway Materials; Recycled Glass Content Requirements

 

 

Description:

Clarifies that state agencies may purchase roadway materials with a minimum recycled glass content.  Allows use of minimum glass of ten per cent crushed glass aggregate in all basecourse and subbase.  (HB927 HD1)

 

 

 

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