REPORT TITLE:
Household Hazardous Waste


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds to the DOH for a statewide household hazardous
waste collection and disposal project.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           124
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     A BILL FOR AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF
   HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the household
 
 2 hazardous waste collection and disposal projects conducted by the
 
 3 department of health in the past several years have proven to be
 
 4 tremendously successful.  While it has been the intent of the
 
 5 State to work with the counties to establish a permanent solution
 
 6 to the problem of household hazardous waste collection and
 
 7 disposal, these interim collection projects have been extremely
 
 8 popular with the general public.  In addition to providing a
 
 9 mechanism to protect Hawaii's landfills from further
 
10 contamination, these projects have served to elevate the public's
 
11 awareness of the dangers of improperly storing and discarding
 
12 wastes generated in the household.  The purpose of this Act is to
 
13 appropriate funds to conduct a statewide household hazardous
 
14 waste collection and disposal project.
 
15      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
16 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $       , or so much
 
17 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, to conduct
 
18 a statewide household hazardous waste collection and disposal
 
19 project.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 2 department of health for the purposes of this Act.
 
 3      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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 5                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________