STAND. COM. REP. NO. 516-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2039

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2039, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DECONTAMINATION OF ILLEGAL DRUG MANUFACTURING SITES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the threat to public health posed by toxic chemicals left behind by illegal drug manufacturing by directing the Department of Health (DOH) to establish interim procedures and guidelines for emergency and long-term decontamination and cleanup of illegal methamphetamine manufacturing sites.

DOH, the Honolulu Police Department, Mililani Town Anti-Drug Committee, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Removing the DOH's exemption from Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, when adopting the interim procedures;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2096, to encourage further discussion; 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2039, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2039, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair