Bill Text: HI SB559 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Recycling

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB559 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB559-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 686

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 559

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 559, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Hawaii Recycling Program to encourage recycling in all state buildings and facilities that are subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Accounting and General Services.

 

     Specifically, this measure:

 

(1)  Directs the Department of Accounting and General Services, by January 1, 2011, to establish, at all state buildings and facilities, a mandatory recycling program that includes paper products, electronic devices, plastics, furniture, and all other recyclable items;

 

(2)  Authorizes use of the deposit beverage container deposit special fund moneys to fund the Hawaii Recycling Program;

 

(3)  Directs the Department of Accounting and General Services to submit a preliminary and final report to the Legislature on the program in 2009 and 2010, respectively; and

 

(4)  Appropriates $12,500 from the deposit beverage container deposit special fund for planning and development of the Hawaii recycling program.

 

     Your Committee received three written comments on this measure.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature’s website.

 

     Your Committee finds that a recycling program for state facilities and buildings would encourage conservation and reduce the amount of solid waste entering the State's landfills.  Your Committee believes that Hawaii's environmental concerns need to be addressed by all state residents through increased recycling and conservation and that the State should lead this effort through its example. 

 

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that section 3 will take effect on June 29, 2009, in order to avoid possible repeal of the amendments made by this measure to section 342G-104(b) on June 30, 2009;

 

(2)  Changing the amount of the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

 

(3)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

(4)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 559, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 559, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

		____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair