CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 86

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   S.B. No. 2879
                                  S.D. 2
                                  H.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 2879, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES," 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to regulate the disposal of
used motor vehicle tires by:

     (1)  Requiring all facilities accepting used tires to
          maintain records on the entity that supplied the used
          tires; and

     (2)  Assessing a $2 environmental clean up fee on all motor
          vehicles to be collected by the counties and deposited
          into a special account in the environmental management
          special fund and used for various purposes to promote

 
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          and effectuate the proper disposal of used tires and to
          clean up improper tire disposal sites.

     The measure also incorporates the necessary provisions to
implement the program.

     Your Committee on Conference amended the measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the section imposing on all motor vehicles a
          $2 annual environmental clean up fee to be collected by
          the counties and transferred to the State;

     (2)  Imposing a $1 surcharge on each motor vehicle tire
          imported into the State to be submitted to the
          Department of Health on a quarterly basis along with
          the required documentation;

     (3)  Permitting motor vehicle rental companies to deduct the
          number of tires exported from the number imported in
          calculating the surcharge;

     (4)  Exempting from the surcharge importers importing less
          than 50 tires per year;

     (5)  Permitting importers of 50 but less than 200 tires to
          submit records and surcharge payment on an annual,
          rather than quarterly basis;

     (6)  Deleting the section on liability;

     (7)  Allowing for "a fine up to $1,000 for each separate
          offense" rather than "a fine of $1,000 for each
          separate offense"; and

     (8)  Utilizing the term "importer" in place of "motor
          vehicle importer" or "motor vehicle tire importer".

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2879, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 2879, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE           ON THE PART OF THE SENATE




_____________________________     _______________________________
Rep. HERMINA MORITA               Sen. BOB NAKATA
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair



_____________________________     _______________________________
Rep. BRIAN SCHATZ                 Sen. JONATHAN CHUN
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair



                                  _______________________________
                                  Sen. CAL KAWAMOTO
                                  Co-Chair

 
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