STAND. COM. REP. NO.  354

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1364

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 1364 entitled:

 

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

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to include energy and dietary supplement beverage containers in the deposit beverage container program.

 

     The Department of Health, the Sierra Club, the Conservation Council for Hawaii, and six concerned individuals testified in support of the measure.  The Grocery Manufacturers Association testified in opposition to the measure.

 

     Your Committees find that the intended uses of energy and dietary supplement beverages are similar, if not identical, to the intended use of other beverages that are subject to the deposit beverage container program.  Accordingly, these beverage containers should also be included in the program.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Economic Revitalization & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1364 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Economic Revitalization & Business,

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair

 

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HERMINA MORITA, Chair