Bill Text: HI SB1242 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Solid Waste Disposal Goals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-22 - Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363). [SB1242 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB1242-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL GOALS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. This Act
responds to the Office of the Auditor's Report No. 14-16, Audit of the
Department of Health's Glass Advance Disposal Fee Program, specifically recommendation
number 1.a.: The Department of Health
should work with the Legislature to update the State's waste disposal goals to
ensure the goals are measurable and revised when necessary. The proposed amendments are consistent with
the Aloha+ Challenge target of reducing total solid waste prior to disposal by
seventy per cent by 2030.
SECTION 2. Section 342G-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended as follows:
"[[]§342G-3[]]
Goals. (a) It is the goal of the State to reduce the solid waste stream
prior to disposal by[:
(1) Twenty-five per cent by
January 1, 1995; and
(2) Fifty per cent by
January 1, 2000;]
seventy per
cent by January 1, 2030, through
source reduction, recycling, and bioconversion.
Where feasible, the office shall establish other state goals for
specific commodities, recognizing market considerations.
(b) It is the goal of the State to [reduce by
not less than twenty-five per cent the amount of office paper generated by all
state and county agencies by January 1, 1995, through source reduction.] achieve
source reduction of fifty per cent by 2030. The base year for calculating
progress toward this goal shall be [total office paper consumption by state
and county agencies in 1990.] 2014.
(c) Nothing in this
chapter shall be construed to restrict a county from setting waste reduction
goals higher than those of the State."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2100.
Report Title:
Solid Waste Goals; DOH
Description:
Amends DOH's solid waste management goals by repealing outdated goals, reducing solid waste stream prior to disposal by seventy per cent by January 1, 2030, and establishing a goal of source reduction of fifty per cent by 2030. (SB1242 HD1)
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
