STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1049-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2107

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2107, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Establish the Plastic Pollution Initiative Program with the mission of eliminating plastic waste impacting native species and polluting the State's environment;

 

     (2)  Establish the Plastic Pollution Advisory Council to collect data regarding plastic pollution and provide recommendations and assistance to eliminate plastic waste; and

 

     (3)  Appropriate funds to establish the Plastic Pollution Initiative Program and to conduct an initial analysis of the baseline cost of plastic pollution to Hawaii's taxpayers and environment.

 

     The Sierra Club of Hawaii, Young Progressives Demanding Action – Hawaii, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Surfrider Foundation, Surfrider Foundation's Oahu Chapter, and many concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and American Chemistry Council provided comments.  

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the amount appropriated to an unspecified amount; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 2107, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2107, H.D. 2.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair