STAND. COM. REP. NO.  728

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 422

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 422, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to apply the solid waste management surcharge to incineration and waste-to-energy facilities that dispose of solid waste within the State and solid waste reduction facilities that collect and prepare solid waste for transport to out-of-state landfills, incineration facilities, and waste-to-energy facilities.

 

     The Department of Health, Hawaii BioEnergy Producers Cooperative, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  Honua Power, LLC and PVT Land Company opposed this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote further discussion.

 

     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. 422, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 422, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair