STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1602-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 3105

S.D. 2

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3105, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to increase the number of reverse vending machines available to consumers and make other improvements to Hawaii's redemption and recycling infrastructure by:

(1) Allowing any person, not just dealers who sell beverages in deposit containers, to obtain a rebate if they purchase a reverse vending machine and operate a redemption center or have the machine serviced by a recycler for at least two years;

(2) Extending for two years, to December 31, 2007, the date by which reverse vending machines must be operational to qualify for the rebate;

(3) Changing the rebate amount to 50 percent of the cost of the reverse vending machine;

(4) Removing the requirement that the rebate must be applied for prior to purchasing the reverse vending machine; and

(5) Extending the sunset date of the reverse vending machine, redemption center, and recycling infrastructure improvement programs for two years, to June 30, 2008.

The Department of Health, RRR Recycling Services Hawaii, and Windward Ahupua'a Alliance testified in support of this bill. Reynolds Recycling and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter supported this measure with amendments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

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

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 S.B. No. 3105, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3105, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair