STAND. COM. REP. NO. 983-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 3114

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred S.B. No. 3114, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE COMMUNITY WORK DAY PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to encourage litter control, environmental beautification, and recycling efforts by appropriating funds for the Community Work Day Program from the following sources:

(1) Seventy-five percent of funds from the Deposit Beverage Container Deposit Special Fund (Special Fund); and

(2) Twenty-five percent of funds from the Hawaii Tourism Authority's (HTA's) statewide Product Enrichment Program Fund (Enrichment Fund).

The Department of Health and a concerned individual supported this bill. The Windward Ahupua'a Alliance supported the intent of this measure. HTA opposed this bill. The Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association submitted comments.

Your Committee notes that HTA's Enrichment Fund may not be an appropriate source of funding for the Community Work Day Program.

Your Committee has therefore amended this bill by:

(1) Removing HTA's Enrichment Fund as a source of funding for the appropriation, making the Special Fund the sole source of funding; 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 Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3114, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3114, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair