HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

128

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

urging the department of education and the board of education to allow individual schools to establish and implement bottle redemption operations and to allow all funds collected from the bottle redemption operations to be fully administrated and expended by the executive administrator of that individual school.

 

WHEREAS, the legislature finds that the promotion of recycling in an effort to minimize the amount of trash taken to our landfills is an important issue; and

WHEREAS, educating children on the importance of recycling is integral to the success of recycling in general; and

WHEREAS, the legislature also finds that there is a pressing need for additional funds to address a long-standing backlog of school repair and maintenance, as well as a shortage of school supplies and textbooks; and

WHEREAS, the introduction and passage of a bottle bill provides opportunities for individual schools to educate children on the importance of recycling, and provides a funding mechanism for individual schools to address their individual needs related to school repair and maintenance, and school supplies and textbooks; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2004, the Senate concurring, that the legislature urges the Department of Education and the Board of Education to allow and promote individual schools to establish and implement bottle redemption operations at their individual schools; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislature urges the Department of Education and the Board of Education to allow all funds collected from the bottle redemption operations to be fully administered and expended by the executive administrator of that individual school; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the superintendent of education, each member of the Board of Education, the principal of each public school, and the Governor.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Recycling