STAND. COM. REP. NO.  344

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 899

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 899 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to reinstate the Deposit Beverage Container Program's exemption from the Department of Accounting and General Services' central services fee.

 

     The Department of Health, Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter, and a few concerned individuals supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 899, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 899, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair