STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1588

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 523

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 523, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require each state agency serviced by the Department of Accounting and General Services to provide for the collection of recyclable materials.

 

     More specifically, this measure requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to reasonably provide and maintain onsite collection methods at buildings and facilities it manages, maintains, or services for the collection of recyclable materials, including paper, plastics, and deposit beverage containers.  This measure also appropriates funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services for this purpose.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Conservation Council for Hawaii, American Chemistry Council, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

 

     Your Committee finds that increased access to recycling helps prevent litter and diverts waste from landfills, oceans, and waterways.  Your Committee further finds that this measure increases access to recycling by requiring collection services at all state buildings and facilities.

 

     Your Committee notes that the Department of Accounting and General Services estimates that contractor start-up costs for the program for twenty facilities would be $45,000 and annual contracting costs would be $625,240.  The Department of Accounting and General Services further estimates that in-house start-up costs for the program for twenty facilities would be $645,000 and annual in-house costs would be $1,268,700.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 523, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair