STAND. COM. REP. NO. 970

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1351

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1351, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE RECYCLING FUND,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Authorize the Director of Health to expend monies from the electronic device recycling fund to support county electronics collections; and

 

     (2)  Make an appropriation to reimburse the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui for expenses incurred during 2015 and 2016 related to the collection services associated with handling and collecting electronic devices for recycling.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Office of the Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Department of Environmental Management of the County of Hawaii, Consumer Technology Association, and five individuals.

 

     Your Committees find that electronic device recycling prevents toxins, such as lead, from leaching into the environment and harming the environment and human health, saves space in landfills, and allows valuable resources contained in electronic devices, such as copper, gold, and aluminum, to be reclaimed for future use.  Your Committees also find that the counties engage in electronic device collection but do not receive monies from the electronic device recycling fund.  This measure allows funding to go to the counties and ensures that the electronic device recycling program may continue.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making it effective on July 1, 2017.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1351, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1351, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health,

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

 

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair