STAND. COM. REP. NO.  884-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2237

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2237, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to further the State's waste management goals and ensure progress toward managing the State's waste by appropriating funds to support the revision of the State Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan.  

 

     The Office of the Auditor; Surfrider Foundation; Surfrider Foundation, Kauai and Oahu Chapters; Hawaii Green Growth; Sierra Club of Hawaii; Ulupono Initiative; and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Health commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Making the appropriation an unspecified amount;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

(3)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity and style.

 

     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. 2237, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2237, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair