STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1473

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1133

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1133, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the Deposit Beverage Container Program to remove the exemption for dietary supplement containers and add an exemption for containers of liquid deemed to be the sole item of a meal or a diet.

 

     The Department of Health; Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter; Reynolds Recycling; and a few concerned individuals offered testimony in support of this measure.

 

     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. 1133, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair