STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1889

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   S.B. No. 871

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 871, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD WASTE RECYCLING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to encourage food waste recycling by establishing a three-year food waste recycling pilot project in one or more school districts, to be developed and implemented by the Department of Education (DOE) in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH), as part of the State's integrated solid waste management plan.

 

     Eco-Feed, Inc., and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  DOE did not support this measure.  DOH opposed this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the source of funding from the general fund to the environmental management special fund;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion; and

 


(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     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. 871, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 871, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair