STAND. COM. REP. NO.586-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2723

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2723, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to reduce solid and liquid waste by establishing a Food Waste Recycling Program at the county level.

The Department of Health and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, testified in support of this measure. Eco-Feed, Inc. offered comments. Pacific Forums opposed 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 H.B. No. 2723, 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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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair