SB3105 CD1 CCR44-06

 

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. -0 44-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 3105

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3105, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to increase the number of reverse vending machines available to consumers and improve Hawaii's redemption and recycling infrastructure.

This measure will:

(1) Extend the reverse vending machine rebate program to a person who is not a dealer or recycler;

(2) Extend the date by which a reverse vending machine must be operational to qualify for a rebate;

(3) Change the rebate amount to fifty percent of the cost of a reverse vending machine;

(4) Delete the requirement that an application for a rebate must be made prior to the purchase of a reverse vending machine; and

(5) Extend the sunset date of the reverse vending machine, redemption center, and recycling infrastructure improvement programs.

Your Committee on Conference amended this measure by:

(1) Reinserting a provision that prohibits rebates from exceeding $3,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year;

(2) Extending the sunset date of the reverse vending machine, redemption center, and recycling infrastructure improvement programs to June 30, 2009;

(3) Making the measure effective on June 29, 2006, to prevent the reverse vending machine, redemption center, and recycling infrastructure improvement programs from being repealed before they are extended; and

(4) Technical, non-substantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3105, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3105, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Co-Chair		____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair
____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair		____________________________ RON MENOR, Co-Chair
____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Co-Chair		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair