Bill Text: HI HB1696 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Motor Vehicle Tires

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-02 - (H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on EEP/ERB with Representative(s) Jordan voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Okamura excused (1). [HB1696 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1696-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  36-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1696

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1696 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL WASTES DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to preserve Hawaii's natural environment and curb the illegal dumping of motor vehicle tires by establishing a motor vehicle tire deposit system.  Specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Requires a deposit of $25 be charged for each new motor vehicle tire purchased that is not exchanged with a used motor vehicle tire;

 

     (2)  Requires the deposit to be returned to a customer when the customer delivers the used motor vehicle tire to the tire retailer within 30 days of the date of sale of the new tire; and

 

     (3)  Provides for signage and advertising requirements regarding the motor vehicle tire deposit.

 

     The Department of Health supported the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association opposed this measure.

 

     Currently, State law requires tire retailers to take back old tires when new tires are purchased and dispose of those tires.  Nevertheless, illegal dumping of old motor vehicle tires continues to be a problem across the State.  While your Committee recognizes that reputable motor vehicle tire dealers are not responsible for the present problem of illegal dumping, this matter deserves further discussion.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the deposit amount from $25 per tire to $5 per tire.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1696, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1696, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Economic Revitalization & Business.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair