STAND. COM. REP. NO. 348-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2076
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to
which was referred H.B. No. 2076 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR LITTER
     CONTROL AND BEAUTIFICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support efforts to ensure a
clean and beautiful Hawaii by appropriating funds for the Keep
America Beautiful system in Hawaii.

     The Office of the Mayor of Maui County, two members of the
Maui County Council, Nani O Waianae, The Legislative Center on
behalf of Anheuser Busch Companies, Community Work Day Program,
and several individuals testified in support of this measure.
The Department of Health supported the intent of this bill,
provided that its passage does not affect priorities in the
Executive Budget requests.  The University of Hawaii's
Environmental Center offered comments.

     Your Committee finds that the local affiliates of Keep
America Beautiful provide an invaluable service to the State
through their litter control efforts and recommends that its
funding be continued.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying the purpose section; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
          purpose of clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2076, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2076, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Energy and
                                   Environmental Protection,



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                                   HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair