HB2731 HD1 HSCR289-02

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.289-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2731

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2731 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR CENTRAL OAHU RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL FACILITY, INC,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address the solid waste management situation confronting this State by authorizing the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds up to $25,000,000 to assist Central Oahu Recycling and Disposal Facility, Inc., in acquiring land, planning, designing, and constructing a private solid waste recycling and disposal facility on the island of Oahu.

Central Oahu Recycling and Disposal Facility, Inc., and Eco-Feed, Inc., submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Health commented on the bill.

While your Committee delved into whether the proposed project qualifies as a processing enterprise under part IV, chapter 39A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, your Committee considers further examination of this issue by the Committee on Finance to be prudent.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical and clarifying amendments to conform to the requirements of chapter 39A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2731, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2731, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

		____________________________ HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair