STAND. COM. REP. NO. 760-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2968

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2968, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify and increase the effectiveness of the Deposit Beverage Container Program.

The Department of Health (DOH), Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Environmental Management of the County of Hawaii, Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, and a concerned individual supported this bill. Anheuser Busch Companies supported the measure's intent. The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, ABC Stores, and Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Hawaii supported the intent of the bill and suggested amendments. The Department of Taxation opposed this measure. The Office of Information Practices, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Times Super Market, KTA Super Stores, Big Save, Inc., Longs Drugs, Pepsi Bottling Group, and Tamura's Wahiawa submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Clarifying that DOH must notify distributors in writing of changes to the amount of the deposit beverage container fee;

(2) Extending the date by which a dealer must operate a redemption center to July 1, 2005; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2968, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2968, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair