STAND. COM. REP. NO. 34

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1428

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy, Environment, and International Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1428 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require state departments and agencies to switch to the use of at least sixty per cent post-consumer waste content paper that is also processed without the use of chlorine.

Testimony in support of the measure was received from the Life of the Land and the Rocky Mountain Institute. The State Procurement Office provided written comments on the measure.

Your Committee finds that it is important for state government to lead its citizens in practicing environmentally sustainable actions through responsible procurement policies. Your Committee further finds that this measure will assist in the creation of a market for recycled goods, which is essential in decreasing the State's waste stream and slowing the rate of growth of landfills in the State.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy, Environment, and International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1428 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy, Environment, and International Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair