STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1888-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2998

S.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2998, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Health to develop a risk-based selection process to select reports submitted by certain beverage distributors and redemption centers for audit.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health and American Beverage Association. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Liquor Wholesalers Association.

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 S.B. No. 2998, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair