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THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1132

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATED TO GLASS RECYCLING.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 342G-82, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is

amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Every glass container importer shall pay to the department an advance disposal fee. The fee shall be imposed only once on the same glass container and shall not be assessed on drinking glasses, cups, bowls, plates, ashtrays, and similar tempered glass containers. For the period September 1, 1994, to [September 1, 1996,] August 31, 2001, the fee shall be one and one-half cents per glass container. Thereafter, the fee shall be [set by the legislature at a rate the legislature determines will permit funding of county glass recovery programs as required to achieve the following glass recovery program goals:

(1) Twenty-five per cent by the end of 1996;

(2) Fifty per cent by the end of 1998; and

(3) By the end of 2000 and thereafter, the maximum amount practicable considering the economic and environmental benefits to be realized.] 2 cents per container."

SECTION 2. Section 342G-85, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) The amount due from glass container importers less glass containers exported for the calendar year shall be the sum equal to the number of glass containers provided in subsection (a) multiplied by the advance disposal fee of [1.5] 2 cents. Payment shall be made by check or money order payable to the "Department of Health, State of Hawaii". All subsequent inventory reports and payments shall be made not later than the fifteenth day of the month following the end of the previous calendar quarter, except for those importers subject to subsection (d)."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on September 1, 2001.

INTRODUCED BY:

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