STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2428

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2081

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2081, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase the fine for littering and to distribute the proceeds of the fine to the jurisdiction that assessed the fine.

 

     More specifically, this measure requires that the proceeds of a fine imposed by a county agency be deposited into that county's general fund and the proceeds of a fine imposed by a state agency be deposited into a special account within the state general fund for use by that agency.

 

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the County of Hawaii Department of Environmental Management.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that increased fines are needed to discourage littering and to encourage enforcement of the laws prohibiting littering.

    

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2081, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2081, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair